According to a statement, the group noted that these governments upheld the principles of international solidarity and respect for the sovereignty of nations by voting in favor of the resolution presented by Cuba to the international body, which calls for an end to the economic, financial, and commercial siege.

Joining this statement, a group of Salvadoran war-disabled individuals—who received medical care in Cuba—reaffirmed their strong condemnation of the “criminal” blockade, demanding its immediate cessation on the grounds that it violates the Cuban people’s right to live and develop in peace.

The text remembered that, in the face of imperialist aggression against a sovereign nation, the United Nations General Assembly approved (on October 27) yet another resolution titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”

The vote, the document continued, demonstrated overwhelming global support—with 130 votes in favor—and highlighted the international community’s broad rejection of this policy, which the group described as a “policy of death” with extraterritorial reach.

For more than 60 years, the Cuban people have endured this inhumane aggression, which seeks to destroy the country’s economic and social development and has exacted a heavy human toll, the statement emphasized.

The daily impact of this policy directly harms public health by obstructing access to cancer medications, surgical supplies, and life-saving medical treatments. …to food, energy, and the overall development of women, men, children, youth, and the elderly.

Taken as a whole, this constitutes a flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of the entire Cuban people, he declared.

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