Latin Press

The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, September 14, 2024, p. 22

Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Díaz-Canel yesterday denounced that the blockade imposed by the United States on the island is a crime, an act of genocide and a massive violation of the rights of millions of Cubans.

In his account on the social network X, the head of state pointed out that the destructive impact of the blockade is the result of the unilateral and aggressive policy of the US government. Cuba will not give up its fight, he assured.

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reported the day before yesterday that as a result of the US blockade, Cuba suffered losses of 5,056.8 million dollars from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024.

This was stated when the report was released Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cubawhich will be presented in October for approval by the United Nations General Assembly.

Without such a policy, the island’s gross domestic product could have grown by 8 percent during 2023, he stressed.

The Foreign Minister said that the arbitrary inclusion of Cuba on the State Department’s list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism deepens the difficulties and significantly affects Cuban families.

Since 1992, the international community has ratified its rejection of the blockade, reinforced to unprecedented levels during the impact of Covid-19, with the stated purpose of strangling the country’s economy in order to overthrow the government.

The issue was also discussed yesterday in Paris, at the start of the debates at the French political-cultural festival La Fete de l’Humanite, where representatives of the French Communist Party confirmed their rejection of the longest siege in modern history.