Cuban President: U.S. Economic Blockade Has Disrupted Food Production and Distribution

The Cuban president, criticizing the impact of the U.S. economic blockade on the country's food production and distribution, stressed that the major food problems of the largest island in the Antilles stem not only from environmental factors and market mechanisms but also from more than six decades of economic, trade and financial blockade by Washington.

Criticizing the consequences of the US economic blockade on the production and distribution of food in this country, the President of Cuba emphasized that the food problems of the largest island of the Antilles, in addition to environmental factors and market mechanisms, are rooted in more than six decades of Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade.