The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this Monday in a case reflecting the legal warfare against Cuba. While residents of the capital will denounce the intentional harm their people are suffering due to Washington’s aggression.
A peaceful protest has been called for this Monday at the United Methodist Building, near the highest court. Where the arguments of the oil company Exxon Mobil will be heard in a fabricated case against Cuba under the Helms-Burton Act.
Participants in the demonstration will demand an end to “the oil war against Cuba and Exxon’s lawfare attack,” a statement detailed.
Among the speakers are Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press. Blake Burdge, author and researcher. Leonardo Flores, of the Venezuela Network. Basev Sen, director of the Climate Justice Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Reverend Nozomi Ikuta; and Cheryl LaBash, of the National Network on Cuba.
The Helms-Burton Act, enacted nearly 30 years ago by then-President William Clinton, includes Title III. Which allows families and companies allegedly affected by the nationalizations carried out in Cuba after the revolutionary triumph of January 1st, 1959, to seek compensation.
However, Title III remained dormant until 2019, when Trump decided to activate it during his first term. That same year, Exxon Mobil, formerly Standard Oil Company. Filed a lawsuit challenging the expropriation of the current Ñico López refinery in Havana. As well as 117 gas stations that operated in Cuba before 1959. The lawsuit was filed against the Cimex Corporation and the Cuban Petroleum Union (Cupet).
On January 29th, President Trump issued an executive order labeling Cuba an “extraordinary and unusual threat.” To the United States and threatening to impose tariffs. As a coercive measure against independent and sovereign countries that exercise their economic right to sell or supply fuel to the Caribbean nation.
Also the official excuse for this executive order—which demonstrates the extraterritoriality of the blockade—is “to comply with the provisions of the Helms-Burton Act. Which requires the Cuban people to renounce their economic and political system. Also as a prerequisite for lifting the unilateral and illegal economic war against that small developing nation,” the statement emphasized. The text recalled that “as a result, severe hardships are imposed on the Cuban people by denying them access to fuel and electricity generation.”
Those attending the demonstration will announce ongoing or planned actions for U.S. citizens. To contribute to overcoming the humanitarian crisis created in Cuba by the measures of the U.S. government. Adopted without congressional approval.
With information from Prensa Latina
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