Speaking before the General Assembly, which met to analyse the impact of the US blockade, the Cuban chief diplomat denounced the effects of this series of suffocating measures, which contradict the UN Charter and the principles of international law.
“What is unique and extraordinary in relation to Cuba is the deliberate determination of the United States to suffocate the national economy, to sabotage it and to place significant hurdles in the way of our growth and development,” he affirmed.
The report presented by Cuba estimates losses of over 5,56 billion dollars as a result of the embargo between March 2023 and 29 February 2024, an increase of 189.8 million dollars compared to the previous report.
The aggressive policy causes an approximate monthly impact of more than $421 million, more than $13.8 million per day and more than $575,683,683 in damages per hour.
After more than three decades, the Forum of 193 countries maintains a firm and almost unanimous stance against this set of measures, whose total damage is estimated at 499 billion dollars over more than six decades of application.
Rodríguez was speaking to the Forum minutes before the General Assembly’s thirty-second vote on the draft prepared by Cuba against this set of measures, which has been described in these spaces as meaningless and obsolete.
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