Miguel Díaz-Canel accuses Joe Biden of intensifying the blockade in an “unconventional war” against Cuba | Cuban President Assures UN Washington “Extorts Sovereign States”

In his diAppeal to the United Nations General Assembly, ande President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, accused the US government of “tightening” the blockade in force for more than half a century as part of an “unconventional war” which would aim to “erase” the Revolution started by Fidel Castro. In his virtual speech at the 76th session of the United Nations, Díaz-Canel assured that the United States uses economic sanctions as a central instrument of its foreign policy to threaten and put pressure on other countries. Cuban President reiterated his government’s solidarity with those of Venezuela, Nicaragua and other international allies.

Diaz-Canel gave a pre-recorded speech in which accused the United States of promoting “a dangerous international schism” and to do so “with the pernicious use and abuse of economic coercion measures”, alluding to the sanctions promoted or maintained by the various US administrations. Washington “threatens, extorts and puts pressure on sovereign states to speak out and act against those it identifies as adversaries,” the Cuban president said.

“For more than 60 years, the United States government has not stopped its attacks on Cuba for a minute.“said Díaz-Canel and added that economic blockade “intensified” with Biden to the White House. “An unconventional war is launched against our country”, assured the President of Cuba and referred to alleged “Multi-million dollar funds” intended for “manipulation campaigns” with the aim of projecting “an absolutely false image of Cuban reality”.

Díaz-Canel, who did not directly allude to the historic July protests in Cuba, which at the time considered them to be orchestrated from Washington, said “Cuba is not afraid of lying or kneeling under pressure “, regretting that The United States does not accept alternatives “to the model they are considering for their backyard”.

The Cuban president used his speech to question the role of the United States in other contexts and stressed that “The United Nations cannot ignore the lesson from Afghanistan”, where it was clearly stated that “terrorism cannot be prevented or fought with bombs” and that “the occupation leaves only destruction”.

“Where the United States intervenes, instability, death, suffering increases and lasting scars remain”, said Diaz-Canel. Cuban President took advantage of his speech defend other governments such as Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela or Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, on whom he considers that he “defends with courage and dignity his achievements in the face of threats and interventionist actions of the government of the United States”.

Compared to the coronavirus pandemic, Díaz-Canel warned that it exacerbated global inequalities and demonstrated the failure of “neoliberal recipes”As “rich nations, elites, and drug corporations increase profits,” there are “untold” effects that “will not be short-lived” for the most vulnerable citizens.

The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba said vaccines are “the hope” in this context, although “hundreds of millions of people in low-income countries are still waiting for the first dose”. 40 percent of the island’s population has already completed the three-dose schedule of Cuban vaccines Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus, and the authorities aim to achieve “full immunization” by the end of the year.