Cuba appreciates international aid, demands an end to U.S. blockade

President Miguel Diaz-Canel affirmed today that about 41 countries and several international organizations have expressed their solidarity with Cuba, which is facing the simultaneous impacts of a cyclone and an energy emergency, with admirable resilience.

In his profile on X social media, the Head of State wrote that in the face of this situation, the United States declared that the Caribbean nation has not asked for help: Here is our demand: Tear Down the Blockade, he stressed in reference to the policy Washington has implemented for more than six decades to choke the island’s economy and cause a change of government.

Cuba is facing an energy contingency caused by the lack of fuel supply and hurdles to the acquisition of technologies and supplies necessary for the modernization and operation of its power generation plants, due to the world-rejected blockade.

At the same time, it is undertaking recovery work for the damages caused by hurricane Oscar through the island’s eastern territory, which left so far seven people dead and considerable economic and infrastructure damage in four municipalities of Guantanamo province.