The Sri Lankan newspaper stressed that on Monday, in the High Level Segment of the Human Rights Council, the Cuban foreign minister accused the Government of the United States of imposing an economic, commercial and financial blockade against the people of the Caribbean nation for more than 60 years.
He pointed out that this policy of maximum pressure against Cuba is the main cause of the inflation, fuel shortages and limited access to essential goods such as food and medicines that his country is suffering, the newspaper indicated.
The media outlet also highlighted Rodriguez’s denunciation of the United States’ complicity with the genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people.
The Sri Lanka Guardian also referred to the Cuban foreign minister’s criticism of the use of methods of political subversion and what he described as the manipulation of human rights with geopolitical interests.
Rodriguez accused Washington of financing organizations and media platforms under the guise of promoting democracy and human rights, while promoting political agendas to subvert sovereign governments, Sri Lanka Guardian highlighted.
The head of Cuban diplomacy strongly advocated a fair and democratic international order, which guarantees peace and the balance of the world, sovereign equality, the exercise of the right to development by all States and environmental sustainability, and ensures the exercise of all human rights, the newspaper noted.
Rodríguez called on all States to commit to human rights mechanisms of a thematic, universal and non-discriminatory nature, the newspaper stated.
The Cuban diplomat criticized the manipulation of human rights and expressed his concern about the regression of rights in developing countries, mainly those that protect women, sexual and reproductive freedom, migrants and minorities, stressed the Sri Lanka Guardian, a digital newspaper founded in 2007 with a large national and international reach, which has become a platform for immediate updates on local and world news.
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