Cubans continue to denounce the
blockade
The blockade prevents the
purchase of wheelchairs, canes, and new
technologies, from the U.S. market, which improve
the quality of life of disabled people. Photo:
Ricardo López Hevia.
Havana.— Cuban civil society, regional and
international organizations based in the country
repeated their demand that the U.S. government lift
the economic, financial and commercial blockade
imposed on the island.
During the Sixth Forum on the issue, held at the
Ministry of Labor and Social Security,
representatives called on President Barack Obama to
end the illegal, unjust and genocidal policy, which
constitutes one of the main obstacles to Cuba’s
socio-economic development.
They added that the blockade is a systematic
violation of human rights and those of Cubans, which
limits access to drugs, equipment, technology and
modern therapeutic medications to treat diseases.
Mabel Ballester López, President of the Association
of Cubans with Physical Motor Limitations, which has
over 76,000 members in the country, highlighted the
consequences of limited access to wheelchairs,
canes, and new technologies, from the U.S. market,
which improve the quality of life of disabled
people.
Pedro Luis Véliz Martínez, director of the National
Council of Scientific Health Societies, stated that
in 2013 alone, and so far this year, damages to the
sector, reached 66.5 million dollars.
Reverend Raúl Suárez Ramos, member of the National
Assembly of People’s Power and director of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Center, commented that the
aim of the blockade is to force the Cuban people
into a desperate state and destroy the country’s
social project.
Abelardo Moreno Fernández, vice minister or Foreign
Relations, stated to AIN that he is confident
that once again the UN General Assembly, meeting
October 28, will approve Cuba’s report on the need
to end the economic, financial and commercial
blockade imposed on the country by the United
States. (AIN)
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