Lifting the blockade would facilitate Cuba’s economic opening, EU say

Brussels, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) The European Union defended the lifting of the US blockade against Cuba, saying that this would facilitate the economic opening of the country, benefiting the people.

November 1, 2024
08:18

After the United Nations General Assembly again called for the end of the blockade against Cuba, the EU said that the measure has a detrimental impact on the country’s economic situation.

The EU believes that lifting the blockade may facilitate the opening of the Cuban economy for the benefit of the people, stressed the delegation to the United Nations, which added that foreign trade and foreign investment in Cuba are damaged by the legislative framework approved by the United States in 1962.

The request of the United Nations General Assembly last Wednesday was again forceful in its demand to end the blockade against Cuba with 187 votes in favor, two against (the United States and Israel) and the abstention of Moldova.

Since 1992, the General Assembly has maintained a firm and almost unanimous stance against US blockade on Cuba, whose total losses are estimated at 499 billion dollars over more than six decades.

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