US BLOCKADE ON CUBA

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica rejected the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba and warned about the attempts to impose sanctions on Venezuela.»

The Cuban Interests Section in Washington will restore temporarily the consular services until February 17, 2014, according to a note published by Granma newspaper this Monday.»

The Cuban office in Washington particularly regrets the inconveniences that this situation will have for Cuban and US citizens.»

The UN General Assembly is preparing today a new call for lifting the blockade the United States has maintained on Cuba, a unilateral policy rejected by this world body in the last 21 years. The main UN agency, represented by 193 member countries, will begin at 10:00 local time the discussion of a draft resolution on the necessity of ending »

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez arrived in New York for a new vote this Tuesday at the UN General Assembly on the need to end the U.S. blockade to the island.»

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez arrived in New York for a new vote tomorrow at the UN General Assembly on the need to end the U.S. blockade to the island.»

Before the World Trade Organization (WTO), Cuba denounced the damage the U.S. blockade has caused the island’s health sector, including blocking its ability to purchase medicines for its population.»

Heads of State and Government from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia demanded in the UN General Assembly to lift the U.S. blockade against Cuba.»

The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba resulted in a loss to Cuban sports of $1.07 million USD last year.»

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) denounced Monday the United States has harshened the blockade on the island over the last weeks, using for this action the Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department.»