Venezuela denounces US blockade on Cuba at UNGA
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Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada condemns US sanctions on Cuba as a sustained act of aggression and economic warfare during UNGA address.
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Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuba's foreign minister, speaks during a UNSC meeting on the situation in the Middle East on October 29, 2024. (AP)
Venezuela has strongly condemned the US economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed on Cuba, calling it a sustained act of aggression against a sovereign nation. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada urged the international community to demand an immediate end to the decades-long US policy.
Moncada demands an end to US sanctions on Cuba
Moncada addressed the General Assembly on the eve of the vote on the annual resolution titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”
“The blockade is an act of economic warfare that seeks to subdue an entire people through hunger, disease and death,” Moncada stated.
He warned that Washington’s portrayal of the blockade as a mere policy was deceptive, arguing it violates international law and amounts to collective punishment.
According to the Venezuelan diplomat, the US blockade caused more than $7.5 billion in damages to Cuba over the past year alone, severely affecting critical sectors such as health, education, energy, and food.
Moncada said such coercive measures are part of a broader strategy aimed at maintaining US hegemony in the region and undermining the sovereignty of independent nations.
The UN debate on the U.S. blockade of Cuba once again highlights U.S imperialism’s criminal and hypocritical policy towards the socialist nation.
— Communist Party USA (@communistsusa) October 28, 2025
Make no mistake: this blockade is illegal, inhumane, and must end. The blockade itself is an act of economic terrorism.
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Cuba’s medical diplomacy vs US coercive strategy
The ambassador denounced what he described as US-led smear campaigns against Cuban doctors, as well as threats against Caribbean and African countries to dissuade them from accepting Cuba’s medical cooperation.
“While some countries send bombs and weapons, Cuba sends health workers,” Moncada said, emphasizing the stark contrast between Cuban internationalism and US foreign policy.
He added, “Cuba sends doctors, and that is why it is attacked — because its example exposes the hypocrisy of those who claim to defend freedom while they blockade nations and support the genocide of entire peoples.”
Venezuela also targeted by US aggression, Moncada says
Moncada highlighted that Venezuela has also been a victim of similar unilateral coercive measures from Washington, which he said are designed to destabilize sovereign governments.
He also rejected attempts by the US to link Cuba to the Ukrainian conflict, describing them as disinformation "fabricated in the State Department’s media laboratories."
Furthermore, Moncada condemned Cuba’s inclusion on the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, calling it an “insult to truth and history.”
“Cuba does not sponsor terrorism — it has suffered from it firsthand, through attacks, sabotage and aggressions organized from US territory,” he noted.
Lastly, the ambassador warned that US foreign policy violates the “Zone of Peace” declaration adopted by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a regional commitment to non-intervention and peaceful coexistence.
