Ambassador highlights impact of blockade on energy sector in Cuba
During the speech the Ambassador remarks: “From March 2023 to February 2024, the effects on the energy and mining sector were also noteworthy and amounted to USD 388,239,830. One of the most reprehensible actions, because of its cruelty and violation of international law, has been the prevention of fuel shipments to Cuba since 2019. That year alone, 53 vessels and 27 companies were penalized by the US government. This is a new form of blockade. The economic blockade has also exacerbated the financial and credit access constraints to repair the country’s thermoelectric plants and to acquire the technologies and fuel required to guarantee a stable power supply to the population and to the strategic sectors of the national economy. As a result, there have been constant interruptions in power supply generating stress, emotional exhaustion and anguish in the population; jeopardizing the cooling and cooking system in homes, while having a cross-cutting impact on productivity and hindering the proper functioning of the country.”
