United States embargo against Cuba

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Cuba yesterday marked 60 years under a U.S. economic blockade that has deeply affected the communist nation's fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted.

Decreed by U.S. president John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, the embargo on all bilateral trade came into effect four days later.

Yet, mysteriously, there was no physical contact. By spring 2017 there were more than 80 alleged cases. Their medical diagnosis was akin to a "concussion without a concussion." Shortly after, more than two dozen personnel and family members attached to the Canadian Embassy in Havana began to report similar symptoms, but no noises. The "Havana Syndrome" was born.

Cuba said on Nov. 6 the country had attracted $1.7 billion worth of foreign investment over the past year despite a tighter U.S. trade embargo and worsening cash crunch, although it did not reach its goal of $2 billion to $2.5 billion annually.

The U.S. announced on Sept. 19 that it is expelling two Cuban diplomats and restricting travel of members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations as leaders gather from around the world for the annual U.N. General Assembly.

Turkish tourists visiting Cuba have been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to ban cruise ships sailing to the largest island in the Caribbean, tour operators said on June 18.

Ever since the United States became an empire after the Spanish-American War in 1898, US companies and US citizens have been acquiring property and interests in foreign countries, particularly in Central and South America. Nationalist and socialist governments gradually took power in these countries.

During his two-day official visit to Cuba, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on May 18 said his country will continue to support to end sanctions and embargo on the Latin American nation.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Sept. 24 his government wants a "civilized" relationship with the United States - despite the embargo imposed on the island by the US since 1962.