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Cuba's denunciations of US blockade impacts

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Cuban officials and researchers continue to denounce the impact of the United States' economic, commercial, and financial blockade on national development. Recent reports highlight severe consequences for public health, education, and infrastructure. Research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) links the blockade and energy sanctions to a significant rise in infant mortality, noting the rate increased from 4.0 per thousand live births in 2018 to 9.9 in 2025. Researcher Guillaume Long suggests approximately 1,800 infants might have survived if not for medical supply shortages caused by import restrictions and financial barriers. ~~These challenges~~ At the United Nations, Ambassador Daylenis Moreno Guerra reported that the blockade hinders essential services, noting over 34,000 pregnant women are ~~tied~~ unable to ~~policies like the Helms-Burton Act~~ receive prenatal ultrasounds and ~~Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, which impede banking for~~ that essential medical ~~goods and maritime insurance. An annual report covering March 2025 to February 2026 details critical shortages in~~ supplies from the education and healthcare sectors. The healthcare system faces a crisis with approximately 98,500 patients on surgical waiting lists, alongside shortages in oncology treatments and basic medicines. Energy deficits UNFPA have ~~further impacted schools~~ faced significant delivery delays. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reported blockade-related losses exceeding $8 billion between March 2025 and ~~medical services. By September 2026, the situation was characterized by officials, such as Ambassador Rogelio Polanco, as a ‘multidimensional aggression’.~~ February 2026. In late September 2026, the United States expanded sanctions under Executive Order 14404, targeting 11 entities to disrupt revenue for the Cuban military and nickel mining sectors. Concurrently, new U.S. Treasury regulations eliminated the authorization for ‘U-Turn’ transactions and prohibited U.S. financial institutions from maintaining bank accounts for Cuban private entrepreneurs. The U.S. also canceled ‘people-to-people’ educational travel authorizations and prohibited professional conferences on the island. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez ~~and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla~~ condemned these measures, stating they aim to ‘cause maximum suffering to the Cuban people’ and ‘obstruct the ongoing process of economic transformation.’ ~~By early October 2026, the U.S.~~

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