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Article: Latin American Nations Reject U.S. Helms-Burton Law
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 4, 1996
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The foreign ministers of Paraguay, Mexico, Chile and Bolivia today
expressed their rejection of the so-called Helms-Burton Law which the
United States enacted to tighten the blockade imposed on Cuba.
The foreign ministers, who are attending the 26th General Assembly
of the Organization of American States (OAS) scheduled to end this
Friday, criticized the U.S. Helms-Burton Law during the meeting
although the issue is not on the agenda of the assembly.
Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Dario Melgarejo said that the
Helms-Burton "is a unilateral measure that alters and exercises
influence over other countries," adding that the Rio Group condemned
the law because of its extraterritorial scope.
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