HAVANA, Feb 15 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – French surfer Martin Gaverieux was prevented from carrying out a journey from the United States to Cuba using a windsurfer confirming that there are economic, financial and trade restrictions against the island.
The young French engineer, who intended to surf from Key West, Florida to Havana explained in his personal blog that he had obtained the relevant permits from Cuban authorities.
He expected to sail for nine hours along with a ship that would record his feat. He was even approved by Washington’s embassy in Paris but the U.S Treasury denied him the permit.
“This is a tangible evidence of the extraterritoriality of the U.S blockade, which has no flexibility even with a citizen of a country allied to the White House,” a Cuban diplomat said in Paris.
Orlando Requeijo, Cuban ambassador to France told Prensa Latina that this is the first example this year that proves that the U.S blockade is intact and without any concession.
Gaverieux highlighted that the U.S was responsible for his project’s failure because he had to change his planned route and surf on US territorial waters.
“I feel so disappointed about this. Now, I have to wait four months to make my dream come true, because of the embargo (blockade). I could try it on my own, but it is very risky due to the existing surveillance”, he said.
“No doubt I will try to do it again hoping to get the authorisation another time”, he added. –NNN-PRENSA LATINA
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