Blockade of Cuba is “Genocide Against the Nation”

Published in Diario Co Latino
(El Salvador) on 16 February 2010
by Staff (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Veronica Pascarel. Edited by Harley Jackson.
A dialogue between members of the Civic Democratic Center and the Cuban ambassador, Pedro Pablo Prada, has revealed that the economic blockade imposed by the U.S. since 1960 affects Cubans all around the world.

The diplomat has explained that on “economic matters” the island has survived through “audacity, hope in the certainty of the chosen path and confidence in the capacity of our nation.”

Prada states that during the period of blockade, the U.S. State Department is besieging to such a point that they have assigned more staff to “pursue trade operations with Cuba” than to watch terrorists worldwide.

“For every person assigned to assist and monitor terrorist operations, there are five assigned for Cuba. In such a situation, Cubans are victims the same way every company having economic ties with us is,” explained the diplomat.

Prada has described this policy of the U.S. democratic government as one of the “biggest aberrations as a legitimate form of genocide against a nation,” since declassified documents held by the U.S. indicate that it is all a part of the strategy to “raise Cubans against their government” and achieve destabilization.

The diplomat said that in the 21st century the United States is sanctioning every company trading with the island, without taking into consideration that some of the items traded are of vital necessity.

“They are trying to prevent us from purchasing food, medical tools and pursuing business, through a broad variety of actions — revealing plain and clear that they haven’t declared an embargo, but a war, a social war, a permanent persecution of social economic activity,” said the diplomat.

Based on this the ambassador does not consider it a coincidence that, year by year, countries at U.N. summits are condemning the blockade. He stated that “this is the reality affecting us, the reason why 187 countries voted in favor of lifting the embargo; the United States, Israel and Palau voted against lifting it and two islands abstained from voting.”

“When the day comes in which a Salvadorian company can’t trade with Cuba, don’t hesitate to report it, because it is an illegitimate act and it violates the U.S. Constitution itself,” concluded the Cuban official.


Bloqueo a Cuba “genocidio contra el pueblo”

Enviar a Un Amigo Versión para Imprimir

Redacción Diario Co Latino

Un diálogo entre miembros del Centro Cívico Democrático y el embajador de Cuba en el país, Pedro Pablo Prada, reveló que el bloqueo económico impuesto por Estados Unidos desde 1960 afecta a los cubanos en cualquier parte del mundo.

El diplomático explicó que en el “área económica” la isla ha sobrevivido por “audacia, fe en la certeza del camino escogido y confianza en la capacidad de nuestro pueblo”.

Prada afirma que en esta época del bloqueo el Departamento de Estado les asedia a tal punto de tener asignado más personal “para perseguir las operaciones comerciales con Cuba” que para vigilar a los terroristas en el mundo.

“Por cada uno, asignado a atender y vigilar operaciones terroristas, hay cinco para Cuba. Tan víctima somos los cubanos como cualquier empresa que tiene relaciones económicas con nosotros”, explicó el diplomático.

Prada calificó a esta política del gobierno democrático estadounidense como una de las “aberraciones más grandes como forma legítima de genocidio contra un pueblo” puesto que documentos desclasificados del mismo país del Norte señalan que forma parte de una estrategia para “levantar a los cubanos contra su gobierno” y lograr la desestabilización.

El diplomático afirmó que en pleno siglo XXI Estados Unidos sanciona a cualquier empresa que comercie con la isla, sin importar que sean artículos de primera necesidad.

“Nos tratan de impedir comprar comida, herramientas médicas, persiguiendo a las empresas a través de un largo rosario de acciones que nos dejan en claro que esto no es un embargo lo que nos han declarado, sino una guerra. Una guerra social, una persecución permanente de la actividad económica social”, afirma el diplomático.

De ahí que el embajador no considere una coincidencia que año con año, los países condenen en la ONU el bloqueo, “esa es la realidad que nos afecta, por eso 187 países votaron a favor del levantamiento del embargo; Estados Unidos, Israel y Palau votaron en contra y dos islas se abstuvieron”.

“El día que una empresa salvadoreña no pueda hacer comercio con Cuba, no dude en denunciarlo, porque es un acto ilegítimo y viola la misma constitución de Estados Unidos”, concluyó el funcionario cubano.
This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link .

Hot this week

Canada: No, the Fed Was Not ‘Independent’ before Trump

Venezuela: China: Authoritarianism Unites, Democracy Divides

El Salvador: The Game of Chess between the US and Venezuela Continues

Germany: It’s Not Europe’s Fault

Poland: Marek Kutarba: Donald Trump Makes Promises to Karol Nawrocki. But Did He Run Them by Putin?

Topics

Turkey: Blood and Fury: Killing of Charlie Kirk, Escalating US Political Violence

Thailand: Brazil and the US: Same Crime, Different Fate

Singapore: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk Leaves America at a Turning Point

Germany: When Push Comes to Shove, Europe Stands Alone*

Guatemala: Fanaticism and Intolerance

Venezuela: China: Authoritarianism Unites, Democracy Divides

Israel: Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias: Congress Opens Investigation into Wikipedia

Spain: Trump, Xi and the Art of Immortality

Related Articles

El Salvador : US: Justice System Goes after 2 Powerful Political Figures

El Salvador: Gringo

El Salvador: Resolve Regarding DACA: A Breather, but the Struggle Will Continue

El Salvador: Could Trump Himself Be the Whistleblower?