Japan Demands Lifting Of US Blockade On Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bernama (Malaysia)

Japan Demands Lifting Of US Blockade On Cuba

TOKYO, Jun 24 (BERNAMA-NNN-Prensa Latina) -- The Japan- Cuba Friendship Association has demanded U.S. President Barack Obama to lift the blockade on the Caribbean island and the return of the naval base in Guantanamo, a portion of Cuban territory illegally occupied against the will of the island.

Through a letter sent to the U.S. head of government, the solidarity group also called for a real normalization of relations between those two countries.

The United States should totally lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade unilaterally imposed on Cuba, stressed the group, and requested that the damages caused to the people for that policy for more than 50 years are also compensated.

The group also stated that the space in the naval base in Guantanamo that Washington is illegally occupying, should be returned to Cuba, according to the spirit of the international law.









Read more: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1146889

[MADem]

1. That headline is deceiving--"Japan" demanded no such thing!

I realize it is not your fault at all--the headline comes straight from the propaganda source.

The government of Japan isn't a party to a pronouncement by a "solidarity group."

I really dislike that tactic--it makes me disregard everything on the page when "journalists" write headlines like that.

Of course, the source is the government-controlled news outlet of Malaysia, so now we know their agenda!

http://www.bernama.com/aboutbernama/bi/about-bernama.htm

he Malaysian National News Agency or BERNAMA, a statutory body, was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and began operations in May 1968.

A five-member Supervisory Council appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is created to ensure that BERNAMA is always guided by the provisions of the Act in implementing its objectives.

BERNAMA is managed by a Board of Governors appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The Board comprises a Chairman and six representatives each from the Federal Government and Newspapers that are subscribers of BERNAMA. They each have alternate members who are also appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

The BERNAMA management is headed by a General Manager who is assisted by a Management Committee that implements all programmes and activities as well as decisions of the Board of Governors.

The agency has its offices in all the states in Malaysia and correspondents in Singapore and Jakarta and stringers or retainers in Washington, London, Manila, New Delhi, Dhaka, Melbourne and Vancouver....

[davidpdx]

3. Yeah, that is the problem with LBN headlines

Then again if people are too stupid to read the article and post a knee jerk reaction (which I'm sure will happen) they don't have half a brain.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Two things:

1) The government of Japan did not demand that Obama lift the economic embargo.

2) Obama does not have the power to lift most of the sanctions. Only Congress can do that.