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<p> 23 September 2016 <br>
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<p>The National Union of Cuban Jurists released a
statement condemning the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba
Wednesday, saying it continues to have a negative impact
on the island’s economy and banking system and is a
violation of international law. </p>
<p>“The blockade not only violates the human rights of the
Cuban people, but also the sovereign right of all
countries of the world to have relations with Cuba
without fear of reprisals – moreover the policy violates
international law, the purposes and principles of the
United Nations Charter, and the norms of free trade,”
the group said in a statement. </p>
<p>The National Union of Cuban Jurists stressed how the
blockade has had a worsening effect on the nation's
economy and, in particular, its banking system. The
group said that while Cuba and the U.S. were not at war
– and that Cuba had never been aggressive toward the
U.S. – nonetheless, Washington has levied hostile
economic sanctions that have created roadblocks to
future development in the island nation. </p>
<p>It also referred to the blockade as “genocidal”
according to U.N. conventions, and labelled it an act of
“economic war,” while thanking those around the world
that have supported Cuba in demanding an end to the
hostile blockade. </p>
<p>Despite a normalizing of relations between the two
countries since President Obama’s December 2014 visit to
Cuba, the economic blockade still remains. Cuba reported
earlier this year that the blockade has cost <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuba-Foreign-Minister-Presents-Report-on-Absurd-US-Blockade-20160909-0015.html">US$753.7
billion</a> over the last six decades and <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuba-Foreign-Minister-Presents-Report-on-Absurd-US-Blockade-20160909-0015.html">US$4.7
billion</a> in the last year. </p>
<p>Other issues, such as the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo,
remain as barriers against normalized relations, <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuba-Reminds-the-World-at-UN-That-US-Blockade-is-Still-in-Place-20160922-0036.html">said
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez</a>
at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Rodriguez also
stressed that unipolar imperialism and global capitalism
“will never be historically or environmentally
sustainable.” </p>
<p>The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote
Monday on the blockade for the 25th consecutive year.
Last year, 191 states voted to condemn the U.S.
blockade, with only the U.S. and the Israel voting in
opposition, a trend that is expected to continue. </p>
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