Press Releases: Secretary Pompeo Extends For Two Weeks Title III Suspension with an Exception (LIBERTAD Act)

Press Releases: Secretary Pompeo Extends For Two Weeks Title III Suspension with an Exception (LIBERTAD Act)
Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

April 3, 2019

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Today, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced his decision to continue for two weeks, from April 18 through May 1, 2019, the current suspension with an exception of the right to bring an action under Title III of the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. The current suspension expires April 17. The Secretary has reported to the appropriate Congressional committees that this determination is necessary to the national interests of the United States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba. Suspension does not apply to:

• The right to bring an action against a Cuban entity or sub-entity identified by name on the State Department’s List of Restricted Entities and Sub-entities Associated with Cuba (known as the Cuba Restricted List), as may be updated from time to time.

The Department continues to examine human rights conditions in Cuba, including ongoing repression of the rights of the Cuban people to free speech, free expression and free assembly. The Department is also monitoring Cuba’s continued military, security, and intelligence support to Nicolas Maduro, who is responsible for repression, violence, and a man-made humanitarian crisis in in Venezuela.

We encourage any person doing business in Cuba to reconsider whether they are trafficking in confiscated property and abetting the Cuban dictatorship.

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Published April 03, 2019 at 11:01PM
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