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Cuba Denounces U.S. Blockade Damages in Health, Food
Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations denounced today the damage caused by the U.S. blockade against the Caribbean country in areas such as healthcare and food.
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Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations denounced today the damage caused by the U.S. blockade against the Caribbean country in areas such as healthcare and food.
Between May 2011 and April 2012 alone, the damages to healthcare were estimated at about $10 million dollars, according to a press release issued here by the Cuban diplomatic mission.
The text stated that one of the reasons for that impact is the distance from markets and increases in import prices for medicines, reagents, disposable materials, spare parts, medical instruments, and equipment.
The note offers as an example the William Soler Pediatric Hospital that does not have medication such as Levosimendan to treat low cardiac output. That drug is only produced by the U.S. company Abbott Labs.
The acquisition of alternative medicines for children with acute leukemia is similarly affected, the document notes.
Regarding the food sector, damages are estimated at $131,572,967 million dollars, from March 2011 to the same month of 2012.
Food purchase in distant markets involves increased insurance, freight, and the additional cost of immobilized food inventories, among other factors, the document says.
On November 13, the General Assembly will vote for the 21st consecutive year on a resolution submitted by Cuba, demanding the end of the U.S. siege.
During the recent high-level annual debate of the UN General Assembly, dignitaries from 45 countries explicitly demanded the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.
That siege has caused the Caribbean country economic damages upward of $1.066 trillion USD until December 2011, considering the depreciation of the dollar against the value of gold in the international market.
Between May 2011 and April 2012 alone, the damages to healthcare were estimated at about $10 million dollars, according to a press release issued here by the Cuban diplomatic mission.
The text stated that one of the reasons for that impact is the distance from markets and increases in import prices for medicines, reagents, disposable materials, spare parts, medical instruments, and equipment.
The note offers as an example the William Soler Pediatric Hospital that does not have medication such as Levosimendan to treat low cardiac output. That drug is only produced by the U.S. company Abbott Labs.
The acquisition of alternative medicines for children with acute leukemia is similarly affected, the document notes.
Regarding the food sector, damages are estimated at $131,572,967 million dollars, from March 2011 to the same month of 2012.
Food purchase in distant markets involves increased insurance, freight, and the additional cost of immobilized food inventories, among other factors, the document says.
On November 13, the General Assembly will vote for the 21st consecutive year on a resolution submitted by Cuba, demanding the end of the U.S. siege.
During the recent high-level annual debate of the UN General Assembly, dignitaries from 45 countries explicitly demanded the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.
That siege has caused the Caribbean country economic damages upward of $1.066 trillion USD until December 2011, considering the depreciation of the dollar against the value of gold in the international market.