mo4ch:>US playing ‘cowboy’ & ‘abusing power’ in Venezuela & Cuba – Spain’s FM | Mo4ch News

The US is abusing its power in lifting a ban on lawsuits against the Cuban government, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell. He also lashed out at Washington’s “cowboy” intervention threats against Venezuela.Borrell roasted US President Donald Trump’s administration policies in Latin America during a TV interview on Wednesday. He was particularly fired up about Washington’s decision last month to begin enforcing the 1996 Helms-Burton act, which essentially allows Cuban-Americans to sue the Cuban government over property confiscated during the 1959 Socialist revolution.“This is further proof of a lack of cooperation on the part of the US administration,” Borrell said, adding that Spain opposes the measure and considers it “an abuse of power.”This is going to open a legal battle, we will go to the WTO [World Trade Organization].The US is taking the controversial step in order to put pressure on Havana over their alleged role in assisting the embattled Venezuelan governmen…