UN General Assembly
1993

We have provided the Assembly with irrefutable evidence of their ambition not only to maintain but also to strengthen the blockade, to economically strangle my homeland, to undermine the sovereignty of third States and to violate the freedom of trade and navigation, to the detriment of the most fundamental principles of international law. But there is more: if this is a case of bilateral relations, then there are two blockaded peoples, that of Cuba and that of the United States. North Americans are denied an economic opportunity that would benefit them; they are denied access to the scientific advances that already guarantee the prevention and cure of diseases such as meningitis, retinitis pigmentosa, hepatitis B and vitiligo, among other achievements of our science. The right to travel freely to any place, which their Constitution confers on all citizens, is also infringed upon. The blockade’s effect on my people is even more inhuman. We are prevented from purchasing drugs essential for health; our ability to acquire resources to meet the needs for our material and social well-being is curtailed; our peace