CUBA vowed to “firmly defend its national independence and sovereignty” today after the United States imposed yet more sanctions on the besieged island.

Even as senior Republicans blamed US aggression against Iran for their humiliation at the mid-terms, Secretary of State Marco Rubio intensified the illegal blockade of Cuba, imposing new sanctions on Cuban companies involved in energy and electronics and on companies in third countries it says are trading with Cuba.

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