Cuba moves forward despite US blockade

New York, United States. – The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, affirmed that the US blockade is the biggest challenge on the island for the implementation of Agenda 2030.

This policy causes serious damage to the Cuban people, and it is the main hindrance to the nation’s development, the Minister said when speaking at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Despite the overwhelming rejection by the international community and broad sectors of the U.S., the blockade is tightened with the activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and new sanctions against Cuban entities, he stressed.

Yet, Cuba is moving forward in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Objectives of Agenda 2030 and its goals; which has allowed Cuba to be the second country in the world with the lowest value in the Multidimensional Poverty Index, he said.

(Taken from Radio Reloj in Spanish)

Written by Radio Grito de Baire