The president added that the oil blockade and the waves of sanctions in recent weeks have a “perverse” purpose. He further underscored that the measures constituted collective punishment and a crime, stating that they condemn a people with the aim of seeking economic suffocation to trigger social unrest. Washington has been applying a maximum pressure policy on the island since January, which the United Nations has branded as contrary to international law. The Trump administration, which has simultaneously called on Havana to negotiate, is seeking a political and economic change in the country. 🇨🇺| Defender a #Cuba es defender el derecho a la soberanía y a la independencia.