Cuba's U.N. Ambassador Denounces U.S. Oil Blockade, Push to Topple Government

The US-imposed oil blockade has led to critical fuel shortages in Cuba, causing widespread blackouts, skyrocketing costs for food and transportation, and prompting Air Canada to cancel flights. The UN Secretary-General warned of a potential "collapse" if oil needs are unmet.

Cuba's government announced Monday it's running out of fuel for commercial aviation, prompting Air Canada to cancel flights to and from the island. The Secretary General is extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, which will worsen, if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet.

The US economic embargo on Cuba, in place since 1962, is almost universally condemned by the international community, with the UN General Assembly voting against it for 33 consecutive years.

For more than three decades, the General Assembly has consistently called for an end to the embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba. Most Americans are not aware that the entire blockade of the last 60 years is universally condemned by practically every nation in the world... except for the United States and Israel at the United Nations.

The US strategy against Cuba, dating back to 1960, aims to create severe economic and social problems to destabilize the government, which Cuba's Ambassador calls an "economic war" and a violation of international law.

What they are doing is trying to create as much problem as pro as possible and it is not a new strategy. It comes since 1960 when the under secretary of state at that time Lester Mallerie said that the only way to defeat the Cuban government is to create economic problems... so worse that the Cuban people cannot resist. It is legal that a third country tell other countries that they can do or they cannot do something... Is that a violation of the international law? Is that a violation of the rules of the foreign trade? Is that a violation of the charter of the UN? Yes, it is.

The US inclusion of Cuba on the "state sponsor of terrorism" list and restrictions on US and European tourism to Cuba are deliberate measures to cut off revenue streams and isolate the island.

US government has canled around or more than 300,000 ESTA visas, electronic visas for European citizens just because they visited Cuba as a tourist. Why the US government don't allow the US citizens to visit Cuba as a tourist?

The US government has launched a campaign against Cuba's international medical missions, pressuring third countries to end cooperation, despite Cuba's global reputation for health services.

We have a campaign against medical cooperation that Cuba offer to some countries all over around the world... they are saying that third countries they cannot establish cooperation with Cuba in the health sector because it's it it's another source of incomes of Cuba. Guatemala has announced it'll be phasing out the use of Cuban doctors. A move that's likely to disproportionately impact indigenous peoples living in poverty.