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MADRID, Spain, May 15, 2008 - The US government closed several websites by a British resident in Spain for their trade links with Cuba, Spanish daily newspaper, Público has revealed.
The measures were applied against Steve Marshall, a Tenerife resident since 1986 and manager of several websites on Cuban culture and tourism.
According to the report, Washington had ordered the US Web hosting company, eNom, to close those sites based on its blockade laws imposed for nearly 50 years against Cuba.
It added that the US Treasury Department had informed that Mr Marshall's addresses on the Internet included "mostly tourism guides" that were included on a blacklist for their trade links with Cuba.
Mr Marshall protested at European Union (EU) organisations, which claimed "they can do nothing" although he is a British citizen residing in European territory who deals with European clients.
The EU Commission justified its inability to solve the problem asserting the legal headquarters of the company that owns the sites is in the British Virgin Islands, a territory outside the European group.
It recommended that Marshall bring a lawsuit for damages though his Spanish company or ask the British government to intercede with Washington to transfer the domains to a European server.
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