Rodriguez stated, “We will exercise with determination the right to decide our destiny. We will continue our efforts to overcome our current difficulties and ensure the country’s economic sustainability, even with the continuation and the further strengthening of the US blockade.”

The foreign minister said, “I speak on behalf of a people who right now face, with scarce resources, practically only with will, unity, and solidarity, a monstrous hurricane.”

The minister began his address on this second and final day of debate on the resolution calling for an end to the US blockade by offering condolences to the countries affected by the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean region.

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