“The takeaway from Orsi’s speech: opposition annoyance over the mention of Cuba and a ‘strong’ diplomatic ‘impact,’ according to the government,” ran the headline in La Diaria.
The outlet highlighted that Orsi’s call not to “be indifferent” to “the suffering caused by an ironclad economic blockade like the one the Cuban people endure” was the only reference to any specific country in his speech last Thursday before the UN General Assembly.
On that day, several local media outlets converged on the same headline, reflecting the sensitivity of the issue and reacting to the head of State’s appeal.
According to the conservative daily El Pais, “he began with a greeting to the people of the United States and denounced the blockade on Cuba.”
However, what stood out was that outlets such as El Observador, La Diaria, Subrayado, and Busqueda, among others, all chose to prioritize the topic and use similar headlines.
“Yamandu Orsi at the UN: Uruguay cannot be indifferent to the ‘suffering’ caused by the ‘ironclad economic blockade’ on Cuba”—this was the headline used by El Observador and other Uruguayan publications, as well as in social media posts.
El Observador published the president’s statement that “no country possesses absolute truth, no nation holds a monopoly on solutions, and no society can claim that its historical experience is universal.
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