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Today at the @UN, in just a few minutes, we will once again denounce the severe humanitarian consequences of the U.S. blockade against #Cuba and the energy siege, whose escalation has intensified the collective punishment inflicted on our people. It is deeply contradictory that, while tightening the blockade and pressuring other countries to change their votes on the resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” @USUN is organizing an event at UN Headquarters aimed at discrediting our country. Behind these political maneuvers lies a reality Washington seeks to conceal: millions of Cubans are suffering the consequences of its coercive measures. #CubaIsNotAThreat, the blockade is.

U.S. sanctions against #Cuba constitute a fundamental obstacle to the Cuban people's right to development—or, in other words, a flagrant violation of the Cuban people's human rights.

The true opinion of the vast majority of Cuban-Americans #LetCubaLive

At the @UN ECOSOC side event on innovation and energy systems transition, I reaffirmed that access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy is indispensable for achieving sustainable development and advancing the 2030 Agenda. I stressed that the global energy transition must be fair, inclusive and respect every country's sovereign right to choose its own development path. Developing countries need predictable financing, technology transfer, capacity-building and an international economic environment that genuinely supports their sustainable development efforts. I denounced that unilateral coercive measures continue to undermine energy security and development prospects across the developing world. In the case of #Cuba, the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade, further intensified through a genuine energy siege, seeks to prevent access to fuel, imposes enormous costs on our people and hinders our energy transition and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. I reiterated that energy must never be used as a weapon or as an instrument of coercion. Cuba will continue advancing renewable energy, strengthening international cooperation, defending effective multilateralism and promoting full respect for international law and a more just, inclusive and sustainable international order.