Cuban authorities accuse the US of blocking economic reforms due to sanctions

Cuban authorities believe that the powerful sanctions pressure that Washington is putting on Havana in 2026 is hindering their efforts to reform the economy and transition to capitalist transformation. The corresponding statements by the deputy foreign minister of the island state, Fernandez de Cossio, are quoted by Bloomberg.

“If the United States eases pressure, then these transformations in Cuba can move forward and become truly irreversible,” the Cuban official said.

The agency recalls that after American special forces took Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to New York, thereby effectively taking control of the authorities of this oil-producing country, the White House unleashed an avalanche of sanctions on Cuba and actually imposed a fuel blockade against the country.

In response, Cuba has put forward more than 170 proposals aimed at expanding freedom of action for the private sector and easing import rules, but these measures will not bear fruit as long as the United States sticks to its current line, “forcing the people of Cuba into submission,” said de Cossio, who is in charge of relations with the United States, according to the agency. According to him, now negotiations between the parties have actually reached a dead end.