PM defends Cuba vote

RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed Trinidad and To­ba­go’s po­si­tion on Cu­ba, re­it­er­at­ing the coun­try can­not de­mand democ­ra­cy and free and fair elec­tions for its own cit­i­zens while re­main­ing silent when those free­doms are de­nied to peo­ple in neigh­bour­ing na­tions.

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Per­sad-Bisses­sar made the state­ment as she ad­dressed diplo­mats at the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs’ Di­vali with the Diplo­mats func­tion on Thurs­day night, where she al­so high­light­ed her Gov­ern­ment’s en­gage­ment with the Unit­ed States and Venezuela, par­tic­u­lar­ly in ad­vanc­ing cross-bor­der en­er­gy de­vel­op­ment and se­cur­ing li­cences from the US Of­fice of For­eign As­sets Con­trol (OFAC).