Sobers explains T&T’s shift on Cuba embargo

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Trinidad and To­ba­go’s de­ci­sion to sup­port the con­tin­u­a­tion of the Unit­ed States’ em­bar­go against Cu­ba was not a vote against the Cuban peo­ple, but in sup­port of their right to democ­ra­cy and po­lit­i­cal free­dom, says For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers.

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“We can­not de­mand democ­ra­cy, free and fair elec­tions, free­dom of ex­pres­sion, and po­lit­i­cal rights for our­selves, while re­main­ing silent when those same free­doms are de­nied to the Cuban peo­ple. Our po­si­tion is against mil­i­tary dic­ta­tor­ship and sup­port­ive of the Cuban peo­ple’s right to de­mo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly elect a gov­ern­ment of their choice,” Sobers said in a state­ment to Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day.