Jakarta, April 18- Under the title: “Raúl Castro: The United States is the greatest threat to world peace and security”, the Bahasa-language newspaper, Rmol_id, published an article highlighting what was expressed by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, during the opening ceremony of the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which is currently in session in the Cuban capital.
Referring to the Prensa Latina Agency, the article highlights that, when presenting the Central Report at the opening of the 8th Congress of the party organization, GE Raúl Castro consigned the threat that the United States represents to global peace and security, which explains the weight of the siege imposed on the small Caribbean nation for six decades.
When highlighting the denunciation of the North American blockade against Cuba, the text quotes what was expressed by the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: "The United States exercises the most comprehensive and unequal economic war against Cuba imposed on any other nation. In this sense, the publication refers that Raúl Castro recalled that the Donald Trump administration intensified its blockade against Cuba in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which demonstrates the 'ruthless nature of imperialism', transcribing: "Since 2017, the Trump Administration has imposed more than 240 coercive measures with unprecedented methods that have taken the economic war against Cuba to its most aggressive level reflected in shortages towards the population "
The text also states that despite international rejection, this hostile policy has damaged the island's economic relations with practically all the nations on the planet, while pointing out that many governments do not have the capacity to apply their own regulations with entities based in their territories, citing: "It occurs when the banks of those countries prioritize the Washington line over the government's political positions."
He also alluded to the damage caused by the US blockade against the island, pointing out that the White House extended a list that today includes 231 Cuban entities, many of them linked to the supply of basic products to the population, as well as the hotel sectors. and financial. "The objective is to sabotage Cuba's business system, destroy state management and promote chaos by strangling the country and causing a social explosion."
Raúl Castro added that financial persecution is the real hunt for Cuban transactions, thus making foreign trade more expensive and complicating Cuban payments, referring that at the same time, Cuba must allocate enormous resources to combat the pandemic and maintain hospitals and health centers to higher costs due to the effects of the US blockade. "
The text also indicates that the Army General classified the campaign against Cuban medical cooperation in other countries as immoral, despite the fact that it has saved so many lives and benefited millions of people in the world.
At the end, the article sets out what Raúl affirmed regarding the island's willingness to face civilized relations with the United States, as long as no conditions are imposed on socialism or the right to exercise full sovereignty and independence, and develop its own foreign policy.
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You can see the full article at: https://dunia.rmol.id/read/2021/04/17/483951/raul-castro-as-adalah-ancam...