U.S. Senate fails in attempt to limit Trump’s possible military actions in Cuba

Washington.- U.S. Senate Democrats failed this Tuesday in a new attempt to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force on Cuba. 

With a vote of 47 in favor and 51 against, the initiative to control possible acts of force against Havana ordered by the executive was stopped by the Republicans who voted as a bloc. However, Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky joined the Democratic initiative in the vote that took place this afternoon. The failed attempt on Cuba joins a series of failures in the Senate to control Trump’s military actions, such as the five votes to prevent the president from ordering more attacks on Iran or attempts to stop the Republican before the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

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Before the vote, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said that “Republicans must get ahead of the imminent catastrophe in Cuba before it gets even worse, as they should have done with Trump’s war in Iran”.

For their part, Republicans rejected the accusations of the president’s intention to use force against Cuba and accused the Democrats of ignoring the accusations of human rights violations that have been presented against the Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel. Since January, the Trump Administration has intensified pressure on Havana with an oil blockade and the president has suggested on several occasions the need for a regime change on the island.