Donald Trump accused of breaking the embargo with Cuba
US billionaire Donald Trump has been accused of violating US law after reports emerged that he broke the trade embargo with Cuba.
"We have laws in our country and the efforts that Mr. Trump has made to penetrate the Cuban market - to put his business interests before American laws and to do business despite the embargo - show that he is someone who will put his personal interests and business interests before American laws, values and policies," Mrs. Clinton accused.
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American billionaire Donald Trump. Photo AFP |
Previously the paperNewsweekRepublican presidential candidate Trump's company secretly conducted business in Cuba, violating the US embargo against Havana, it was reported.
Accordingly, Mr. Trump's company is accused of spending at least 68,000 USD in Cuba in 1998.
Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway said the company did not spend the money and that Trump opposed dealings with Cuba.
During his election campaign, billionaire Trump also said many times that he had refused investment offers in Cuba.
HoweverNewsweeksaid Mr Trump's company had funneled cash through an American consulting firm to legitimize the matter.
"I hope the Trump campaign will address some of these questions because if the report is true, I'm very concerned about it," said Florida-based Cuban-American congressman Marco Rubio, who is a supporter of Trump's campaign.
According to VOV
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