Havana, January 5 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced the actions of the U.S. government aimed at affecting the recovery of tourism on the island, as part of its strategy of economic suffocation.

Rodíguez wrote on his Twitter account that these measures are intended to hide the fact that, unlike in the United States, in Cuba the income from this sector is used for the benefit of the people.

Recently, the digital lodging platform Airbnb paid a fine of 91 thousand dollars imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), for accepting guests in Cuba and violating sanctions on the island.

According to the government entity, the tour company admitted payments from Americans who traveled to the Caribbean country outside the 12 categories authorized by the White House.

Since 2015 the company launched its services in Cuba, but the restrictive measures subsequently adopted during the term of then President Donald Trump  and maintained with the current administration of Joe Biden, limit the scope of its business.

Former National Security Advisor under President Barack Obama (2009-2017) Ben Rhodes called the fine "stupid, counterproductive and Trumpian" for denying Americans the ability to facilitate revenue directly to Cubans and establish connections between the two peoples.