Financial persecution, a distinctive feature of the US blockade against Cuba in recent years.
New York, October 12, 2018. Between April 2017 and March 2018, Cuban financial institutions continued to be subject to a policy of hostility and persecution by the United States government. The monetary-financial effects as a result of the blockade amounted to 538,300,000 dollars, to which were added, damages to the Cuban banking system from incidents reported in 128 foreign banks, between April 2017 and March 2018.
Cuba states in the United Nations its achievements in the promotion and protection of the rights of children.
New York, October 10, 2018. The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, illustrated Cuba's achievements in the promotion and protection of the rights of children, in her statement at the Third Committee of the UN, on Item 70 by the same name.
Cuba advocates a world free of nuclear weapons.
New York, October 10, 2018. The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, expressed in the debate of the First Committee of the UN, the island's concern about the proliferation and development of nuclear weapons.
Cuban foreign trade has million-dollar losses due to the U.S. Blockade.
New York, October 9TH, 2018. The US blockade against Cuba constitutes the major obstacle for the development of all the potential of the Cuban economy, including its foreign trade.
The greatest damages in this sector include foregone income from the export of goods and services, which amount to $2,475,900,000; and the need to geographically relocate Cuban trade. For this reason, the national economy has lost $867,500,000.