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Peruvian analyst suggests that US should end blockade against Cuba

Lima, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) Former Peruvian presidential advisor and international analyst Alberto Asdrianzén said on Thursday, as a new vote is approaching at the United Nations on the blockade against Cuba, that Washington should cease this failed policy.

“It is time for the United States to accept that its anti-Cuban strategy has failed,” he told Prensa Latina.

He added that the economic, commercial and financial blockade has been in place for more than 60 years and that the only thing it generates, in addition to the suffering of the Cuban people, is international rejection, almost unanimous, from a large majority of countries as demonstrated by the votes in the United Nations.

“In this context, especially in these dramatic and difficult times that the island is experiencing, which has just been reflected in the ‘blackout’ throughout the country, it is time, on the one hand, for the United States to drastically modify its policy towards Cuba,” Adrianzén said.

In addition, he added, Latin American countries must incorporate into their agenda what can be called the “Cuban case” in their relations with the United States.

“Despite the opinion we have about the Cuban process and its government, maintaining the ‘anti-Cuba’ policy despite its failure, in addition to being a permanent threat against Cuba, is also a threat against Latin American countries that want to build sovereign and independent countries, especially in these moments of ‘geopolitical transition’ worldwide,” he said.

Asdrianzén considered it positive that Secretary of State Blinken has removed Cuba from the list of countries that do not cooperate in the fight against terrorism.

This measure, he said, is a recognition, in practice, that Cuba’s inclusion on a list was not a mistake, but rather a political arbitrariness and that this type of “sanctions” is part of the illegal blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

According to the Peruvian analyst, Washington should also remove the Caribbean island from the list of nations sponsoring terrorism, which, according to Cuba and a large part of the international community, worsens the blockade against the country.

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