08/10/2026
🇨🇺 Cuba denounced before the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States has reached unprecedented levels, while the energy siege against the country qualifies as a collective punishment that intentionally obstructs access to fuel and directly affects the living conditions of the Cuban people.
🔴 During the general debate of the Second Committee of the eighty-first session of the General Assembly, Cuba’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, said that the damage extends to:
✔️ power generation
✔️ hospitals
✔️ schools
✔️ transportation
✔️ water supply
✔️ agriculture
✔️ the availability of food and medicine.
He also denounced the intensification of extraterritorial measures and “so-called secondary” sanctions against companies, banks, and suppliers from third countries that maintain legitimate relations with Cuba.
⚠️ The Cuban diplomat warned that these measures are taken in an international context marked by wars, growing inequality and serious obstacles to development.
📌 Meanwhile, military expenditure reached a record $2.9 trillion dollars in 2025, external debt service for developing countries amounted to $1.6 trillion, at a time when significant financial gaps persist in fulfilling the 2030 Agenda.
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🔗 https://cubaminrex.cu/en/cuba-condemns-blockade-and-energy-siege-un-calls-them-collective-punishment
