Battleangel

Apparently, US “law” is positioned to replace national legislation wherever American corporations are allowed a foot in the door. Or at least that is what US buffoons like to think. Of course, the abomination that Americans call law, we call racism, discrimination and terrorism.

Oslo - A Cuban business group visiting Norway that was forced to change hotels over a US law that bans trade with Cuba has sparked a debate over possible discrimination Thursday.

The Cuban delegation were slated to attend a tourism fair later this month and had planned to stay at their usual hotel in Oslo but were advised just before the Christmas holidays that they could no longer stay at the hotel, Oslo tabloid Verdens Gang reported.

The Edderkoppen Hotel is operated by the Scandic Hotel chain, one of the largest in the Nordic region with 140 hotels in nine countries, that since last March is owned by the US-based Hilton group.

Geir Lundkvist, head of the Hilton and Scandic group in Norway, said he ‘regretted’ the incident, adding that the delegates had found a different hotel, he told VG.

Lundkvist later told public broadcaster NRK that the decision was solely due to the US trade boycott.

The Antiracist Centre in Oslo said it had filed a complaint citing Norwegian anti-discrimination legislation, the news agency NTB said.

The conclusion must be that US ownership is no longer a trivial matter (has it ever been?) and that we need to either reverse US ownership of Swedish businesses and real estate or start treating Americans with the same lovely sense of hospitality and respect. Though, I imagine the headlines will be slightly bolder the day we bar US officials from Swedish hotels citing US terrorism and crimes against humanity. Terrorism like for instance Cuba has endured since it broke free of the yoke of US imperialism.