The day before, speaking at the event of a new day of the Bridges of Love initiative held at the Cuban embassy in Nicaragua, Martinez referred to the direct impact of the blockade on Cuban children and young people.

In that sense, she affirmed that Washington’s unilateral measure, which has lasted more than six decades, is a daily condemnation that limits access to medicines, school materials, food and a decent future.

“The blockade is an invisible wall that stands between our children and young people, and their right to grow up healthy. Cuba with the efforts of its doctors and scientists has achieved admirable advances, but how many more lives we could save and medicines we could contribute to humanity if we were not asphyxiated by this cruel policy,” she stressed.

She said that the blockade also affects the education sector and hinders the importation of materials, thus making technology more expensive, with which the North American nation seeks to condemn Cubans to backwardness.

She affirmed that despite this measure, Cuban children continue to be educated, creative and learn that true power lies in knowledge and solidarity.

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