According to a press release from the Cuban Embassy, ​​Serur received the Deputy Foreign Minister, who is on a working visit to Mexico.

  In the meeting, the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister conveyed the gratitude of the Cuban government and people for the expressions of solidarity from the Mexican government and people, showed through statements and actions, including the systematic shipment of substantial material aid,” the release stated.

  They shared viewpoints on the international and regional situation, and Vidal updated her counterpart on the impact of the intensified economic blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba and its people.

  In an interview with Canal Red America Latina, based in Mexico, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister described the economic war imposed by Washington as brutal and denounced its aim to completely strangle the island nation’s economy.

  She mentioned, first and foremost, the implementation of the energy embargo, “a completely illegal measure.”   “No one in the world has the right to dictate to other countries with whom they can trade, to whom they can sell their natural resources, and no one in the world has the right to dictate or impose on Cuba where tp get products and supplies needed for its development,” declared Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal.

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