HAVANA, Cuba, May 1 (ACN) The refusal of the Argentine company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales S.A. (YPF) to continue supplying fuel to Cubana de Aviación aircrafts is a clear demonstration, not only of the application of the genocidal U.S. blockade against Cuba, but also of its extraterritorial nature, denounced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The statement, published on the ministry’s website, stresses that, by complying with the US policy against Cuba, YPF Argentina is contravening the rules of international trade and flagrantly violating its national legislation.
The text specifies that Article 1 of Law No. 24,871 of that country states that “foreign laws that seek to generate extraterritorial effects through the imposition of an economic blockade, the limitation of investments in a certain country, or the restriction of the circulation of persons, goods, services or capital, with the purpose of provoking a change in the form of government of a country, or to affect its right to self-determination, will be absolutely inapplicable and without legal effect”.
As a result of the application of this measure, the