Cuba will support and contribute to all legitimate international efforts to put an end to the current situation that, as a result of the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, is causing, in the occupied Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip, a humanitarian catastrophe of major proportions. Dantesque, which requires an urgent exit.
Fruitful days of scientific debate have been carried out by members of the delegation of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, led by its president, Dr.C. Luis C. Velázquez Pérez, who visit Washington D.C as part of an exchange with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
The Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, denounced this Monday the impacts on the population and migration, as well as the extraterritoriality of the United States blockade against the Island.
In an interview with Cuban state television, the Cuban president blamed what he called increased migration due to the complex economic crisis that the country is going through on the maximum pressure policy of the United States Government, which induces an irregular, "illegal" flow. unsafe and disorderly."
The deputy director for the United States of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Johana Tablada, was visiting Washington and offered an interview to CNN in Spanish, which we share below.
QUESTION: How is the relationship between the US and Cuba?
Well, relations are not going very well, but we do maintain a mix of visits by US officials to Cuba and by Cuban officials to the United States.
On November 1st and 2nd, the UNGA will consider a draft resolution on the need to end the blockade against Cuba.
Since 2019, the US government has escalated the blockade measures to an extreme, more harmful, cruel and inhumane dimension. It deprives Cuba of the income essential to acquire food, fuel, raw materials and equipment. It causes lack, difficulties and anxiety for Cuban families. It is a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of Human Rights.