The Donald Trump administration has strengthened the blockade against Cuba.
New York, September 14, 2018. The economic, commercial and financial blockade that the US government has imposed on Cuba since 1962 has been strengthened by the current administration of Donald Trump, who signed on June 16, 2017 in Miami, the "National Security Presidential Memorandum on the Strengthening of the United States Policy toward Cuba".
US Blockade on Cuba Grows Every Year, ECLAC Says.
Havana, September 12, 2018. The impact of the United States'' blockade on Cuba grows annually and affects the country''s economic structure, causing damages that will last even after those barriers are lifted, an ECLAC official said today.
Blockade of the United States government against Cuba: A necessary introduction.
New York, September 11 2018. The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba for almost six decades is the most unjust, severe and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions that has been imposed to any country. It was established on February 3, 1962 by John F. Kennedy –-the 35th president of the United States of America– through executive order 3447. It remains in force and is strictly implemented, being the main obstacle for the development of the Cuban nation.
US Blockade on Cuba Is Unfair, WHO Says
Havana, September 10, 2018. The blockade imposed by the United States government on Cuba is unfair, Cristian Morales, representative in Havana of the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), said today.
Therefore, we join the majority position of the countries at the time of the historic vote at the UN General Assembly, Morales told Prensa Latina in this capital.
Cuba reaffirms its deep concern at the threat posed to the human species by the existence of nuclear weapons.
New York, 6 September 2018. Cuba reaffirmed its deep concern at the increasingly dangerous existence of nuclear weapons and the threat these weapons pose to the survival of the human species, during UNGA High-Level Meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests held in the United Nations Headquarters.