Cuban Foreign Minister warns about the dangers of nuclear weapons

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez warned today that nuclear weapons continue to be a serious threat to humanity, recalling the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 79 years ago.

August 6, 2024
14:07

On the social network X, the Foreign Minister warned that the use of these weapons would cause severe and irreversible damage.

On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was hit by a uranium bomb that killed some 140,000 people.

Three days later, on August 9, another nuclear bomb of greater power was dropped on Nagasaki, although due to the topography of the terrain it resulted in a lower number of victims, around 80,000 dead and wounded.

Subsequent generations of inhabitants of these Japanese cities also suffered the consequences of radioactivity and the appearance of diseases derived from these explosions.

Since then, the arms race has developed enormously, with the United States as the leader.

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