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<h1 id="reader-title">US Blockade Costs Cuba US$833 Billion in
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class="subtitle">September 16, 2015<br>
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<p itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"
class="subtitle">Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez
said his country would once again present a resolution
before the U.N. calling for an end to the blockade.</p>
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<p>The blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States has
impacted the country's economy to the tune of US$833.7
billion in five decades, the Cuban Foreign Minister
Bruno Rodriguez announced in a press conference
Wednesday. </p>
<p>The figure differs to a <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Blockade-Cost-Cuba-117-Billion-UN-Reports-20150805-0013.html">U.N
estimate of US$117 billion </a>between 1960 and 2014.
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<p>“A claim by the international community to lift the
blockade is indispensable,” said Rodriguez. </p>
<p>The Cuban Foreign Minister announced that the country
would once again present a resolution before the General
Assembly of the United Nations, calling on the United
States to lift its blockade on the Caribbean country. </p>
<p>In last year's vote, the U.N. generally assembly <a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/UN-General-Assembly-Votes-to-End-to-US-Blockade-on-Cuba-Again-20141028-0021.html">voted
overwhelmingly</a> in favor of ending the blockade of
Cuba by the United States with 188 countries voting in
favor of the resolution and only the United States and
Israel voting against it. </p>
<p>Rodriguez added that this year's resolution would
differ slightly from those presented in previous years
and would place greater emphasis on the alleged
violation of international law and calls on the U.N.
General Secretary to prepare and present a report on the
implementation of the resolution by the United States
government. </p>
<p>This year's debate at the United Nations will take
place in the context of the reestablishment of
diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.
The debate and vote is expected to take place on October
27. </p>
<p>Rodriguez said that the resolution would also recognize
U.S. President Barack Obama's support for the end of the
blockade. </p>
<p>"Seventy-seven percent of the Cuban population was born
and has lived under the cruel effects of the blockade,
the humanitarian impact and damage is extreme and cannot
be measured (only) in numbers," said Rodriguez. </p>
<p>The Cuban foreign minister mentioned examples of the
consequences of the blockade on Cuba, including the
impacts on its financial transactions throughout the
world, and the difficulty Cuban hospitals face in
accessing the necessary supplies to provide adequate
cancer treatment. </p>
<p>Rodriguez said that the blockade had failed in its
objective to isolate Cuba. </p>
<p>Rodriguez added that Cuban President Raul Castro would
travel to U.N. headquarters in New York alongside with
Pope Francis, who will visit the United States after a
visit to Cuba. </p>
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