Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Denounces Impact of Energy Blockade

Carlos Rafael Fernández de Cossío Domínguez, Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, highlighted on his Facebook profile that the increase in power generation and the relative relief from power outages in recent days demonstrate the decisive effect of the energy blockade imposed by the United States.

The official noted that "the increase in power generation and the relative relief from electricity cuts as a result of the greater availability of fuel in recent days are a demonstration of the determining impact of the energy blockade."

Fernández de Cossío added that the U.S. government "shamelessly claims that the problems of insufficient generation capacity are the fault of the alleged incompetence of the Cuban government. Why then does it threaten coercive reprisals against the government of any country that allows the export of fuel to Cuba from its own territory?"

The Deputy Minister acknowledged the technological challenges of the national electric system but underlined that "it is not possible to hide the criminal and ruthless effect of the collective punishment imposed by the U.S. government on the Cuban people."

Cuba maintains its sovereign right to import fuel from any nation with which it chooses to establish commercial relations, without accepting external pressures or coercive measures that seek to limit its international negotiation capacity.