PM defends Cuba stance

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the exploitation of ordinary Cubans to finance the lavish lifestyles of the country’s ruling dictatorship must end.

This was her position as she defended Trinidad and Tobago’s decision yesterday to vote against a United Nations General Assembly reso­lution calling for an end to the United States’ economic embargo on Cuba.

Persad-Bissessar said the Cuban people continued to endure suffering and hardship while the leaders of the country’s military regime and their families enjoyed lives of luxury.