Saint Lucia raised her voice against the blockade and in recognition of Cuban medical collaboration during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister, Honorable Allen Chastanet, intervened on Saturday, September 26 to highlight in his speech: “I also wish to offer sincere gratitude and commendation to the countries who stepped up to the challenge, in the truest spirit of solidarity to assist states like my own, to cushion the pandemic’s blow to our socio-economic landscape. This support has been immeasurable. Some of the countries who offered support and continue to do so, themselves are grappling with a multilateral order that systematically stymies their development prospects. It is time to lift the economic embargo on the government and people of Cuba. Not only has it affected the people of Cuba but it has also affected the entire Caribbean region”. “Saint Lucia would never have done as well as we did with managing the pandemic without friends like the people of Cuba. Like many other nations we are thankful that despite their own difficulties Cuba have reached out to help the world”.