00:12In a context marked by the escalation of interlateral U.S. sanctions against Cuba,
00:17Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Barrilla presented the report on the impact of the
00:21blockade against the island, which will be debated once again at the United Nations General Assembly.
00:26In a press conference before the national and foreign press, Rodríguez Barrilla denounced
00:32the harm caused by Washington's genocidal blockade. In this regard, the minister reported
00:37that the losses caused by the U.S. policy of economic suffocation between March 1, 2025
00:43and February 28, 2026 alone amount to more than $8 billion. Likewise, the document shows that
00:50cumulative damages amount to more than $178 billion at government prices, which constitutes
00:56a new record in economic losses.
01:06Because the blockade does not punish a government. It punishes the daily life of a people in
01:14all areas. It is an act of collective punishment, which is expressed in the long months, living
01:26with only two or three hours a day of electricity or less. With food being thrown away, the heat
01:35does not let you sleep. Parents fanning their babies, children in darkness doing their homework, young
01:44people without connectivity or without recreation, grandparents without television or sometimes even radio.
01:52All the damage, family life.
01:54Toda la vida familiar dañada.
