Cuba's foreign minister says no negotiations despite "genocidal" blockade
Bruno Rodríguez said the embargo caused $8.1 billion in damage last year and warned of nationwide blackouts and disease risks.
- On Monday, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced there are no active negotiations or future plans for talks with the United States, describing the ongoing trade embargo as "genocidal."
- Rodriguez stated the decades-old trade embargo caused $8.1 billion in economic damages to Cuba last year, a 7 percent increase from the previous year.
- Citizens on the island endure only 2 or 3 hours of electricity daily, resulting in spoiled food and extreme heat that makes sleeping impossible for families.
- The United Nations warned of a growing risk of disease outbreaks on the island, while the United States maintains sanctions are necessary to force government change.
- With diplomatic channels stalled, the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding Rodriguez's remarks, leaving little hope for near-term resolution.
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The US economic blockade over the past year has caused more than $8 billion in damage to Cuba, and the head of the Cuban foreign policy office, Bruno Rodríguez, reported on the subject.
The figure, 7% higher than the previous year, "does not include the damage caused by the energy blockade" imposed by Washington in the last seven months, nor the "secondary sanctions" applied since May against Cuban entities, Rodríguez stated when presenting the document to the press. Since January, the Donald Trump administration has threatened to sanction countries that supply fuel to Cuba, intensifying the pressure on an economy battered by …
Living conditions in Cuba are poor due to frequent power outages. The United States imposed an oil embargo on Cuba earlier in January.
The head of Cuban diplomacy, Bruno Rodríguez, said today that there are no negotiations with Washington, nor are there any plans for such talks, regarding the "genocidal" blockade of Cuba, which caused economic damage to his country exceeding eight billion dollars.
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