Spain, Mexico and Brazil expressed, on Saturday April 18, their concern about “the dramatic situation” in Cuba and, without explicitly mentioning the United States, which has imposed a blockade on the island since January, called for “a sincere and respectful dialogue” with Havana.
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“We express our enormous concern about the humanitarian crisis that the people of Cuba are going through, and demand the adoption of the necessary measures to alleviate this situation,” said the three governments in this press release, published by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They called for “avoiding actions that worsen the living conditions of the population or are contrary to international law.”
Summit of left leaders
The three countries also plead in favor of “a lasting solution to the current situation and the guarantee that it is the Cuban people who decide their future in complete freedom”.
This call comes as a summit of left-wing world leaders is being held in Barcelona, attended, among others, by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, under the aegis of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez.
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The United States, opposed to communist power in Cuba since it was established in 1959, increased its economic pressure on the Caribbean country of 9.6 million inhabitants in January by blocking all hydrocarbon supplies, just after overthrowing its main ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This blockade has exacerbated the economic and energy crisis that Cuba has been experiencing for many years.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
