Cuba is suffering a silent genocide today, caused by the blockade measures imposed by the United States that threaten the lives of its population.
This was denounced in Montevideo by the island’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Déborah Rivas, in an appearance on the program “Legitima Mañana” of the Caras y Caretas multimedia group.
She emphasized the human cost that Washington is causing by depriving Cuba of its oil supply.
The social repercussions of this blockade are severely evident in daily life, she stressed.
In the area of public health, the crisis is reflected in more than 100,000 people on surgical waiting lists, including 15,000 children, in addition to a severe shortage of cancer medications and essential medical supplies, she noted.
The island’s deputy minister of foreign trade and investment added that this complex situation extends to basic services, where power outages of more than 20 hours a day directly impact the pumping of drinking water, leaving more than three million people without access to water on critical days.
To all this is added the banking isolation resulting from Cuba’s inclusion on the unilateral US list of state sponsors of terrorism, a measure that has blocked international banking transactions and frozen key funds for exports and imports.
“It’s genocide because no country in the world can survive months without fuel, especially when it puts the lives of its population at risk,” the high-ranking official emphasized.
Déborah Rivas is in Uruguay leading her country’s delegation participating in the Sixth Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
On the program “Legitima Mañana,” she explained the recent economic and social transformations and the regulations that enshrine them, approved by the Cuban Parliament.
She said these measures are being implemented under the premise of maintaining national sovereignty intact, without representing a capitulation or a direct response to the pressures or blackmail of the U.S. blockade.
The goal is to preserve socialism and its social achievements, particularly in health and education, she noted.
The deputy minister emphasized that these measures include all social and economic actors in the country and promote foreign investment, including the participation of Cubans residing abroad.
The purpose is to reactivate the economy and create wealth so that it can be distributed, she pointed out.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
