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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez demanded that the U.S. representative be called to order during the UN General Assembly debate on the resolution to end the U.S. blockade against Cuba. teleSUR
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00:00We go live once more to the United Nations headquarters at this hour during the 34th annual vote on the
00:09resolution presented by Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly calling for an end to the US economic, commercial and
00:18financial blockade.
00:19More than 60 years of restrictions have been imposed on the island by the United States precisely the United Nations
00:29delegate representative of the United Nations is at this hour offering his assessment regarding the policy that has been on
00:38the Cuban island for over 60 decades.
00:41The broadcast states that also at this hour it is once more, as traditionally has been happening for over 30
00:52years, the United Nations are assessing, discussing the consequences of the impact of this economic policy that has been imposed
01:03on the island that has also extraterritorial capacities to sanction.
01:09Ever since, Havana would have you believe, everything in Cuba has just disappeared.
01:16We can see at this hour the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, challenging the statements of the
01:30US delegate that is having the floor at this hour.
01:35And it's trying as well to blame Cuba for the imposition of these unilateral coercive measures on the island that
01:44is having consequences, humanitarian consequences for the Cuban people.
01:50Foreign Affairs Minister wants to take the floor.
01:55Foreign Minister.
01:55Prime Minister.
01:55In the beginning of the session, I requested that . . . .
02:00Yes, I hear . . . .
02:00The President of the President's voice of honor. . . .
02:03Yes, I hear . . . .
02:04Yes, . . .
02:04The President of the United Nations. . . .
02:06This . . . .
02:06The President of the Bureau of the Procedural Rules of these . . . .
02:10The President of this General Assange.
02:11I request . . .
02:13Your ex would say, I know you don't like to hear this.
02:15This is America, my friend.
02:17This is the United Nations.
02:19This isn't your communist dictatorship.
02:21You cannot silence me or you cannot silence my colleagues.
02:26At the beginning of this session, I very respectfully requested that the current speaker,
02:34this hour, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Carrilla has reaffirmed
02:41that the blockade is a violation of international law,
02:46is a violation as well of the United Nations Charter as well
02:51that hampers the daily lives of Cubans with the imposition of this extraterritorial policy
03:01that has over 60 years but that has been strengthened in 2026
03:06without also the strengthening of an oil blockade on the island.
03:11Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez Carrilla is challenging at this hour
03:16the authorities of the United Nations but also the delegation of the United States.
03:20Let's listen.
03:23I request that you fulfill this rule and run immediately.
03:29just now a point important, which is a rule and a practice of this generalization.
03:36If you couldn't violate that.
03:38Mr. President, Rule 71 is crystal clear.
03:40I'll read it for our colleagues here.
03:43It says, quote,
03:43A representative rising to a point of order may not, may not, may not be one of the top of
03:46the United States.
03:48The discussion that is taking place in the 30-fold discussion on the resolution
03:55that is the matter that the United Nations are said to discuss at this hour
04:01and that is not being respected by the delegate of the United States at this hour in the podium.
04:07It is blaming basically the Cuban population for the economic crisis that has been imposed on the nation
04:15precisely by the U.S. policy, the successive U.S. authorities.
04:22There is a confrontation of words at this precise hour between the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba
04:30Cuba that is defending the stance of Cuba precisely in this unilateral, in this multilateral organization
04:37and is responding as well to the threats, to the lies that have been spread at this hour
04:44by the delegate of the United States.
04:47The session has been temporarily or is attempted to be temporarily suspended,
04:53but it is a confrontation that is happening precisely at this hour as the United Nations is expected
05:01or have been expected to discuss the consequences, the actual consequences of the U.S. economic blockade.
05:09Meanwhile, the U.S. representative of the United Nations at this hour is turning this discussion
05:17in benefit of the or trying to justify the imposition of this economic policy of hatred as well,
05:28of collective punishment that also has been called by Foreign Affairs Minister as a genocide.
05:33So at this hour, Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba did not accept the suggestion of suspending
05:47this session.
05:52So discussions may continue after Foreign Affairs Minister...
06:02On a point of order, in accordance with...
06:05The Minister of Foreign Affairs is expected to take the floor at this hour.
06:09You have the floor.
06:12Muchas gracias.
06:13Thank you very much.
06:15Mr. President.
06:19On the basis of Article 71 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, I request you to call
06:28to order the Permanent Representative of the United States, who is not only lying grossly,
06:37but is beneath the dignity of this forum and member states.
06:44He is offending the dignity of the people and government of Cuba.
06:50Mr. Walsh is lying yet again, and I wish him a better future in other functions.
07:03But in the United Nations and in the Security Council, your performance is severely wanting.
07:09Please inform yourself much better of the rules of procedure.
07:17Issues of procedure, please, not substance.
07:22Okay.
07:23I thank the representative of Cuba for his statement on point of order.
07:28And your remarks, sir, will be reflected in the records of this meeting.
07:32I now request the representative of the United States to resume his statement.
07:39You have the floor, sir.
07:40Thank you, Mr. President.
07:41Let me explain what has happened at this hour.
07:44The representative of the United States to the United Nations has taken the floor to disrespect the people
07:52and government of Cuba.
07:54In the face of that, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, requested
08:01to speak before as well the intentions of the authority of the United Nations that
08:09is leading this meeting, to request for a suspension of this debate.
08:16So it was also disrespectful stance, and Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
08:24of Cuba, made sure to leave that very clear.
08:28Cuba is to be respected.
08:30This discussion must keep taking place, must continue.
08:35But it was important as well for Cuba to say that the US representative is spreading lies
08:43about Cuba, and is taking the floor to disrespect the island, the one that has been a victim
08:52for over 60 years, of an economic policy that is causing collective damage, that is causing
09:00collective punishment, that has been called on several occasions, not just by Cuban authorities,
09:07but also by analysts, international analysts, as a genocide, a silent genocide that has been committed
09:17on the Cuban people.
09:20In 2026, US President Donald Trump and his administration, the one that represents the one that is speaking,
09:28the diplomat that is speaking at this hour, has tried to suffocate the island through economic means,
09:36through all means possible, in a way to create, to cause social unrest in Cuba, with the final aim of
09:48creating a regime change on the island.
09:51So, the intentions are not disguised anymore.
09:55Those are the open intentions behind the policy of hatred that has been imposed on Cuba, unfairly, for many decades
10:07already.
10:08The international community, every October, meets traditionally to condemn publicly and to condemn openly,
10:18in its vast majority of member states, to condemn this policy that has been in place for too many years,
10:27that has had, and most precisely in 2026, the most grave consequences on Cuba.
10:35The healthcare sector, which is essential for a country to hold a healthy and also a safe life,
10:46has been hampered by the continuous shortages of fuel, the continuous energy blackouts that have been taking place on the
10:55island.
10:55There have been suspended hundreds, hundreds of surgeries that means, that translate into people that are having difficulties in accessing,
11:10and in having their attention, their much needed attention.
11:17And all of this is being caused by the consequences of this policy.
11:23What happened a few moments ago was a reinforcement of Cuban dignity in the international arena,
11:31in the multilateral platform, in the multilateral arena that represents the United Nations.
11:36And at this hour, what is happening as well, is once again the U.S. trying to justify an unjustifiable
11:43cause,
11:44and that is creating hunger, creating destabilization, social and political destabilization on Cuba,
11:53that have been as well facing for many decades those attempts that have already failed,
11:58because it hasn't, they haven't been able to achieve their goals of changing,
12:05of changing the political path that Cubans have decided to pursue in the face of the hostilities.
12:11Now the delegate is trying as well to bring back the ideas of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro,
12:24who is late in 2016, and also it is happening as well in a context in which the U.S.
12:33is trying as well to,
12:36through a psychological work, try to even thread the Cuban militarily,
12:42and is also looking after, targeting the U.S., the Cuban revolutionary leader,
12:50and Army General Raul Castro Cruz, who is 95 years old.
12:55And also a few days, just a few days, just not even one week before this deception,
13:02they also impose charges on Army General, Cuban Army General Raul Castro Cruz.
13:10The Minister of Cuba is offering statements.
13:13...of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and extended practice,
13:19I would like you to call to order the permanent representative of the United States
13:24for his offensive comments to the dignity of the Cuban government and people.
13:31Thank you for your point, which will be reflected in the record of our meeting.
13:35I request the distinguished representative of the United States to continue.
13:43Once again, the Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez-Parrilla requested the floor,
13:49requested to offer statements regarding as well, taking into account the rule of procedure
13:57of the United Nations in this specific debate, he said to the representative of the United States
14:05to hold back his offensive comments on the dignity of the Cuban people and government.
14:12The U.S. representative is once again trying to justify U.S. actions against the island,
14:22and while also targeting Cuban leaders, we could see that he was even holding the picture of Cuban president,
14:30Miguel Diaz-Canel, who has been also the target of misinformation campaigns.
14:37Also, as the whole government have been also facing the huge and brutal campaign of misinformation,
14:46that has its center, its epicenter from southern Florida.
14:54It is not the feeling, it is not the belief of the great majority of Cubans living in the United
15:00States,
15:00nor in the diaspora. Cubans want reconciliation, and they have proven their resilience over the decades,
15:09over decades, after suffering for many years, the consequences of the siege that has been imposed in Cuba,
15:19that hampers the Cuban authorities and also Cuban companies and enterprises,
15:25private and public sectors, hampers their ability to achieve and to buy from third countries,
15:32much-needed aid, much-needed goods that are needed by the population in order to have a regular and common
15:44life.
15:45During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba faced at the very moment precisely two pandemics.
15:51One of them was the COVID-19, but also the other was facing that challenge,
15:56facing that health crisis in the midst of a brutal siege that prevented the island
16:01from acquiring inputs necessary for the production of their own vaccines.
16:06And in the midst of this, precisely the pandemic has been a crucial example of the resilience of Cubans,
16:14and also their determination to keep moving forward in the midst of any circumstances.
16:21And that was what made possible the creation of over four anti-COVID-19 pandemics.
16:30And that was possible even in the midst of the policy of attempted isolation to which the U.S. have
16:40been trying to put Cuba.
16:42But in the midst of this reality, Cuba hasn't been able to be isolated from the rest of the world.
16:47Cuba keeps providing medical assistance to those places that are in need.
16:53An example of that is, and it's very recent, is Venezuela during the June 24th earthquakes that shook the nation
17:03in a back-to-back earthquake of 7.2 and 7.5.
17:08And Cubans were here, they were offering, they never left, and Cuban physicians were here present during that humanitarian emergency.
17:22And that has been the reality throughout decades.
17:26Cuba is sending abroad physicians and doctors and not bombs.
17:32That is as opposite to what is happening in the United States.
17:36That is an hegemony in decay and is trying to impose by force his expansion.
17:43And they are doing so without even disguising their intentions of having Latin America as the backyard.
17:52It is a symbolic, it is a symbolic aim.
17:55It is a symbolic wimp to overthrow the revolutionary government that Cuba has defended along with her people for over
18:0860 decades.
18:09Since 1959, under the leadership of Fidel Castro Rus.
18:14And that willingness remains intact.
18:18The capacity of Cuba of facing the most brutal and the most powerful nation on earth.
18:27And having it just 90 miles away from Cuban shores.
18:32It is not, it hasn't been an easy task.
18:37However, they have prevailed and Cuba will prevail in the face of this hostilities.
18:45This crucial moment for Cubans come in a very difficult circumstance.
18:51And that is the uprise of the far right in Latin America.
18:56They have created an alliance among all of those far right governments in the region.
19:05As a way as well of leaning, of forcing them on changing their stance towards Cuba.
19:15Through the spread of lies as he is doing precisely right now.
19:22Trying to justify the unjustifiable cause of trying to take Cuba from the place that the island has earned for
19:32many years.
19:32Through solidarity efforts.
19:35Through as well the self-determination of keep defending the path that begun not just in 1959.
19:46Cuba is the result of centuries of struggle against colonialism.
19:52First in the early, in the late 17th century.
19:58With the first revolutions against the colonial and the Spanish Empire.
20:05And then with the neo-colonial era.
20:09Facing for many centuries the presence of the United States so close to Cuban shores.
20:18And their long-standing policy of the Monroe Doctrine of Latin America for the US.
20:29And Cuba has been the unbearable truth of not being able of imposing their policies on their shores.
20:44And Cuba has defended itself on every occasion.
20:50Let's not forget the Bay of Pigs and what happened there.
20:55And that is precisely the seed.
20:58The determination that Cubans had and have still in the face of renewed military threats against the island.
21:08The island is willing to defend itself in the face of any attempts, in the face of any threats.
21:17And also the attitude of the stance of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez at this hour.
21:25Is precisely a proof of this.
21:28From the diplomatic sphere but also in every aspect of the island.
21:33And in every sector of the island.
21:36Cuba is willing to keep defending itself from isolation.
21:40To the isolation, from the isolation that the US is trying to put them.
21:44With the force, for example, after forcing the, that those mainly Spanish enterprises that work in Cuba in the tourism
21:57sector.
21:57They forced them through extraterritorial sanctions on leaving the island.
22:04Many dead, but many, many others are still working on the island.
22:08Regardless of the threats and the imposition of unilateral and coercive sanctions on them.
22:15Cuba is not alone, hasn't been alone in the midst of the scarcity that has been imposed due to the
22:25lack of fuel.
22:26And also because of the economic blockade that has been strengthened on Cuba on 2026.
22:33Cuba hasn't been alone, not even a single time.
22:37We've seen thousands of solidarity activists that have been travelling to Cuba with much needed aid.
22:47And we've seen very discreet and small vessels, but also we've seen bigger ones.
22:53And we've seen, most importantly, the movement of solidarity that Cuba inspires for the rest of the world.
23:05Because of their continuous struggle for the just causes of the world.
23:11Let's not forget, for example, the stance of Cuba in the face of the genocide imposed in Palestine.
23:17Let's not forget the support, the help that Cuba offered during the apartheid.
23:25As mentioned, it was clearly mentioned precisely just a few moments ago on behalf of Namibia,
23:35who was speaking as well on behalf of the African group.
23:38Cuba has much to offer scientific development and human resources.
23:45And also has supported other nations, most particularly in the region, in Cuba, with the illiteracy campaigns.
23:55The Minister of Foreign Affairs is at this hour asking the floor, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez.
24:14Thank you, Mr. President.
24:17On the basis of Rule 71, of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, and of long-established practice
24:26of this august event,
24:29I would like you to call to order the lying permanent representative of the United States who is offending this
24:36delegation,
24:37a delegation of a member state.
24:41And we thank you for all of that publicity about Cuban tourist destinations.
24:46Please allow U.S. citizens to travel freely to Cuba.
24:53The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, was once again challenging the lies being spread by the U.S. delegate
25:02at this hour of debate.
25:04And he said, you should respect the right of U.S. citizens to travel freely to Cuba, to learn for
25:16themselves the reality of the island.
25:18You should let them visit our touristic destinations.
25:24It doesn't exist.
25:25It doesn't exist.
25:26It does not exist.
25:27It does not exist.
25:28And it did.
25:28Those were the statements at this hour of the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Carrilla,
25:36during the assessments of the U.S. delegate in the United Nations.
25:41As he has come today to the United Nations headquarters in New York to offend the Cuban people,
25:54to spread lies about the justifications that the U.S. is using precisely during this administration against the Cuban people.
26:03The imposition of unilateral sanctions is a violation of the United Nations Charter.
26:09And it is a disgrace that he is using precisely this multilateral arena to use this space on his behalf,
26:20on trying to manipulate the international opinion regarding a small island in Cuba that has done nothing wrong
26:29but trying to defend its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, such as is established by the United Nations Charter.
26:39So, it is a moment, a very complex moment for the free peoples of the world.
26:47It is a threat.
26:49The U.S. is a threat.
26:51Cuba is not.
26:52It is a threat.
26:53The maintenance of Cuba in the list of countries' sponsors of terrorism is…
26:58The billions documented in Gais' secret financial accounts…
27:01It goes against all ethics because Cuba has been the one suffering for many decades of terrorism,
27:09of unilateral sanctions that are unjustifiable because historically the U.S. has been home to many terrorists
27:22who have committed terrorism against Cuba or have attempted to or have been behind…
27:29or have been the mastermind behind terrorist actions against Cuba.
27:34So, this is a double…
27:39This shows once more the double standards of U.S. politicians…
27:45And regarding when it comes to their foreign affairs and their stance, their particular stance against Cuba,
27:55it is a manipulative action that is also being pursued by the U.S. Secretary of State,
28:04who comes precisely from Cuban parents, who was not born in Cuba even when he says so.
28:15And I think that this shows as well the double standards, the intentions of many politicians
28:23on pursuing a political career and having the sympathy of a small group of Cuban-Americans
28:32that left and also received money from these actions against Cuba.
28:42At this hour, the diplomat, the U.S. representative to the United Nations,
28:48has ended his words that have been as well challenged throughout his speech
28:53by Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Barrilla.
29:03And it happens as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba…
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