The Havana.-The US president, Barack Obama, can go to his executive powers to modify the implementation of the policy of blockade against Cuba, which exceeds the established half a century. (PLRadio)
An article published today by the newspaper Granma states that although the US Congress is empowered to order the end of the blockade against Cuba body, this act may be preceded by the removal of the vast majority of restrictions that make this policy through executive actions.
With the signing of the Act for Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Cubanas (known as the Helms-Burton Act) by President William Clinton on March 12, 1996, was codified into law the blockade against Cuba and the skein of executive orders that sustain .
Thus, the diary -indicates the prerogatives of the dignitary to conduct foreign policy toward Cuba were transferred to Congress regarding the lifting of the blockade of the Caribbean nation.
However, while the same Act preserved the broad powers of the head of State, through the issuance of license, permit referred to the blockade established by the Federal Code of Regulations US transactions.
There are only four ways in which the president can not act clarifies the rotating leadership they require congressional action for the elimination or modification to be regulated by US laws.
The first is the ban on US subsidiaries in third countries to trade goods with Cuba, contained in the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (better known as the Torricelli Act).
The second is the inability to transact with American properties were nationalized in Cuba, which is prohibited by the Helms-Burton Act.
Two other prohibitions were included in the Law Reform Trade Sanctions and Expanding Exports of 2000, which prevents US citizens traveling to Cuba for tourism and forces the island to pay cash in advance for purchases agricultural products in the United States.
Out of these four constraints protected by US laws mentioned, the president can go to his executive powers to modify the implementation of the policy of blockade against Cuba, emphasizes the largest newspaper in the Caribbean country.
Sample this presidential power was what happened last December 17, 2014, when Obama announced several measures to modify the application of certain rules of the blockade.
Following this step, the January 15, 2015, the Departments of Treasury and Commerce issued administrative regulations to implement the measures announced by the president, which took effect the following day.
This may be the procedure hereinafter to eliminate much of the economic, financial and trade restrictions the US government maintains against Cuba.
Modifications made by Obama -puntualiza Granma are far from everything the President can do, as they recognize various sectors and experts in the United States itself.
