*Cuban FM warned about permanent reinforcement of the siege policy against the island
*Cuban FM exemplified how sanctions affect any family in the country
*More than 50 countries called for an immediate end to the siege
*U.S and Israel were the only ones to oppose the resolution condemning the blockade against Cuba
*Cuban FM exemplified how sanctions affect any family in the country
*More than 50 countries called for an immediate end to the siege
*U.S and Israel were the only ones to oppose the resolution condemning the blockade against Cuba
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00:00187 countries demanded the United States to end the blockade policy against Cuba that
00:07it has maintained for more than six decades.
00:10Our special envoy to the United Nations, Aysa Garcia, has the details.
00:15For the 32nd consecutive time, the international community demanded today that the United States
00:22put an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba in 1962.
00:31The result of the vote is as follows.
00:33With 187 votes in favor, the draft resolution is approved.
00:46Shortly before the vote, from the highest tribune of the United Nations, the Cuban foreign
00:50minister warned about the permanent reinforcement of the siege policy against the island and
00:55its most recent impact.
01:00The primary cause of the failure of the national electricity system was the lack of fuel that
01:04affected generation and caused instability associated with the precarious state of our
01:09plants, both direct consequences of the extreme measures of economic warfare applied by the
01:14United States government since 2019, specifically designed to prevent supplies of fuel and of
01:21parts and pieces for technical maintenance to our plants and electrical installations,
01:26as well as to hinder investment and access to financing.
01:33Rodriguez denounced the extraterritorial nature of unilateral coercive measures.
01:40In one year alone, the previous United States government sanctioned 53 vessels and 27 companies
01:47associated with shipments to Cuba.
01:53He emphasized that for more than six decades, Cuba has been the victim of the most unjust,
01:58severe and prolonged system of sanctions ever applied against any country.
02:04The blockade against Cuba is an economic, financial and commercial war and qualifies as a crime of genocide.
02:14The Cuban diplomat stated that more than 80% of the current population has only known a blockaded Cuba.
02:23No country, even those with economies much more robust than Cuba's, could face such a brutal,
02:29asymmetric and extended aggression over time, without a considerable cost to the standard of living of its population.
02:41He further stated that the blockade is an act of economic warfare in times of peace.
02:48It would be impossible to ignore that the extreme hardening of the blockade is the main reason that has led a
02:54significant number of young Cubans to bet on transitory or permanent ways of personal fulfillment outside the island,
03:01which has a lacerating impact on families and the homeland.
03:08In his speech to the international community, the Minister of Foreign Affairs exemplified how sanctions affect any Cuban family.
03:18With 12 million dollars, Cuba could acquire the insulin necessary for all our diabetics.
03:25In a single day, the blockade causes losses of more than that amount.
03:33More than 50 countries took the opportunity to speak on the podium to call for an immediate end to the siege,
03:40which they described as anachronistic, immoral and inhumane.
03:44From the harshness of this collective punishment and the serious consequences of its free development,
03:50the Cuban people resist facing privations that no nation deserves to endure.
03:57Colombia knows firsthand that far from supporting terrorism, Cuba has worked tirelessly in the search for peace and overcoming the armed conflict in my country.
04:09Solidarity groups came to celebrate Cuba's victory at the United Nations.
04:15It was the United States and Israel who opposed the resolution condemning the U.S. blockade against the island of Cuba, while Moldova abstained.