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US blockade against Cuba discussed in OAS meeting
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| Published on Friday, October 23, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Venezuela and Nicaragua introduced the issue of the US economic blockade against Cuba in a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) underway in Washington to discuss the current political crisis in Honduras.
The discussion led to a debate between the representatives of the two nations and that of the United States, only one week away from a vote at the UN General Assembly for the 18th time on a resolution that condemns the implementation of such a criminal measure against Cuba.
Denis Moncada, the Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS said before the plenary that Washington’s aggressive policy against Cuba remains intact even though it does not have any juridical or moral support, and emphasized that Barack Obama’s administration has not changed its position towards the island.
On behalf of his country, Moncada demanded the American government to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade, says a DPA press release.
Likewise, Venezuelan ambassador to the OAS Roy Chaderton recalled that last year 185 nations voted in favour of the Cuban resolution against the blockade imposed since 1962.
Chaderton estimated that the upcoming vote on the Cuban resolution scheduled for October 28 at the UN headquarters will be “an announced and inherited diplomatic defeat for the foreign policy of the blockers.” The Venezuelan diplomat added that the whole humankind is protesting and condemning the blockade.
Lewis Amselem, American acting ambassador to the regional organization replied to the Latin American representatives’ imputations against the foreign policy of his government.
As a result of the US blockade, Cuba claims to have lost more than 96 billion dollars, which based on the current value of that currency amounts to 236, 2 billion. | | | | Reads : 580 | | | |
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