Blockade Damages to Cuba Exceed Eight Billion Dollars

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez presented to representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Havana the damages from Washington's policy, which exceed the figure reported in the previous document by more than seven percent.

According to Rodríguez in a message on X, with this amount—a record to date—the accumulated damages from the blockade, in effect for over six decades, amount to $178.7005 billion at current prices, 4.7 percent higher than reported in the previous report.

The foreign ministry's briefing took place prior to the presentation of the report on the impact of the U.S. blockade prepared by then-Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan during her visit to the island in November 2025.

Tomorrow, the current Special Rapporteur, Zaina Jallad, will present in Geneva, Switzerland, the headquarters of that body, the findings of her investigation into the negative repercussions of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in the Caribbean nation.