Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday denounced the media campaign against his country and assured that it is based on the scarcity caused by the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.
The executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, condemned the interventionist agenda against Cuba promoted by the United States.
Cuba remained to report on Friday a very high number of COVID-19 infections as part of the worst segment of the health crisis prompted by the pandemic. On Friday, 28 fatalities associated with the disease were announced, and the alarming number of 6 422 new cases.
Communist Party Central Committee First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz met yesterday with authorities in Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos, provinces which until recently were controlling new COVID-19 infections, but are now experiencing a dangerous increase in cases.
The permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Pedro Luis Pedroso, denounced today how in the midst of the complex situation generated by Covid-19, the United States Government maintains numerous sanctions against the island.