The US blockade on Cuba, imposed for almost 60 years, has caused losses to the island of over 138.843 billion dollars at current prices, an official source denounced on Thursday.
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Oscar Pino became silver medalist of the World Senior Wrestling Championship running in the city of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, until next Sunday.
The increase in sanctions in the banking-financial sector, which affect Cuban entities and third parties in frank violation of international law, marks at present the policy promoted by the United States toward the island.
The series of measures applied in Cuba to face the current diesel shortage is gaining broader understanding among the population, the most affected by the tightening of the US commercial, financial and economic blockade.
The US economic blockade against Cuba accounts is an unacceptable measure from every viewpoint, the leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) Jean-Charles Negre said today in this capital.