Trump announced on Friday new restrictions on Americans' travel to Cuba and usa business with the Cuban military, a step to tighten the us policy toward the neighboring country.
"The government of Cuba denounces the new measures toughening the embargo" imposed since 1962, according to the statement.
Trump has stopped short of completely resetting relations with Cuba again: He isn't ending diplomatic ties, or closing the U.S. Embassy in Havana or placing restrictions on cigars, rum and other items that Americans can schlep home.
"We will continue to urge the Trump Administration and Congress to recognize and utilize travel as a strategic tool in efforts to improve relations with Cuba, allowing us to be part of a promising future, as opposed to reverting to the policies of the past".
Havana decried the "hostile rhetoric that recalls the time of open confrontation", and "return to the coercive methods of the past".
"President Trump's reversal on Cuba is unfortunate and shortsighted", Perlmutter said in a statement.
Trump signed a directive on Friday outlining a tougher stance on Cuba.
And in symbolism that will not be lost in Havana, his crowd included veterans of the ill-fated Brigade 2506, which in 1961 launched the failed USA -backed Bay of Pigs invasion. US farmers can continue selling their crops to the Cuban government.
The president said he was canceling former President Barack Obama's "terrible and misguided deal" liberalizing ties with Havana.
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Once implemented Trump's policy is expected to curtail United States travel by creating a maze of rules for Americans to obey.
"I have continued to press both the Obama and Trump Administrations for the return of Joanne Chesimard, and am pleased that the president today made her return - in clear and absolute terms, as I have insisted - contingent upon any further USA engagement in Cuba". The Cuban government has made clear it will not be pressured into reforms in exchange for further engagement with Washington. However, Cuban-Americans will be able to continue to visit their family in Cuba and send them remittances. Under the expected changes, the US will ban American financial transactions with the dozens of enterprises run by the military-linked corporation GAESA, which operates dozens of hotels, tour buses, restaurants and other facilities.
Solé was considering opening a Cuban property, but changed its mind because of the policy changes, Zelkowitz said.
Among the few Cubans on the island who praised Trump was Berta Soler, a leader of the dissident group Ladies in White who said she was prevented by the government from flying to Miami to attend the speech in person. The president announced a revised Cuba policy aimed at stopping the flow of US cash to the country's military and security services.
Under the revised travel policy, USA officials say there will be tighter enforcement to make sure Americans legally fit the 12 authorized categories they claim to be traveling under, which could spook many visitors, wary of receiving a hefty fine.
"We will never, ever be blind to it", Trump said.
In essence, Mr. Trump's announcement on Friday allowed him to claim fulfillment of a campaign promise, while leaving a vast portion of the Obama policies intact.
Mr Trump said the sanctions on travel to Cuba will remain in place "until all political prisoners are freed, freedoms of assembly and expression are respected, all political parties are legalized, and free and internationally supervised elections are scheduled".
The Cuban leader added that "the United States is not in a position to give us lessons", voicing "serious concerns" on the "numerous cases of murders, brutality and police abuses, the exploitation of child labour, racial discrimination and restrictions on healthcare services".
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