UN Secretary General Receives Cuban Foreign Minister

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba, held a meeting today with António Guterres, UN Secretary General, during his visit to New York to present the current state of the intensified U.S. blockade before the multilateral body.

On X, the Foreign Minister reported on the meeting, which took place two days after a UN General Assembly session, requested by Cuba, to address the need to end Washington's siege.

"I thanked him for this new opportunity to greet him and share the reality the Cuban people face daily due to the criminal energy siege, the intensified blockade, and the secondary sanctions imposed by the U.S. government," Rodríguez wrote.

On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly approved a debate on the need to end the blockade by a majority vote, with 136 votes in favor, nine against, and 30 abstentions.

In his address, the Cuban diplomat emphasized that the damages caused by this hostile U.S. policy between March 2025 and February 2026 amounted to $8.103 billion at current prices, a seven percent increase over the previous period.

He stated that over the past seven months, White House policy has become more brutal and ruthless, noting that the existing sanctions have been compounded by an energy siege he described as equivalent to a naval blockade and an act of war. To the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, unprecedented and extremely extraterritorial actions have been added, he warned, and argued that these measures deliberately seek to provoke a humanitarian crisis and destabilize the country.