Georgetown, September 28, 2018. During the High Level Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which took place today in New York City, the Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Hon. Mr. Carl Barrington Greenidge, called for lifting of the economic, financial and commercial blockade of the United States of America against Cuba.
The Guyanese Vice President expressed: "(...) Closer, in the Caribbean region, we again join the overwhelming majority of the international community to call for the elimination of the trade and economic embargo against our sister Caribbean nation of Cuba, which frustrates the right of the Cuban people to development and material well-being (...) "