Washington/Democrats in the United States Senate 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 votes in favor and 51 against, the initiative to control possible forceful actions on 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.
“Republicans must get ahead of the impending catastrophe in Cuba before it gets even worse, as they should have done with Trump’s war in Iran.”
The failed attempt on Cuba joins a series of failures in the Senate to control Trump’s military actions, such as the five votes so that the president cannot order more attacks on Iran or attempts to stop the Republican prior to the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
Before the vote, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said that “Republicans must get ahead of the impending catastrophe in Cuba before it gets even worse, as they should have done with Trump’s war in Iran.”
For their part, the 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 regime change on the island.
