Cuba denounces the US energy blockade before the UN as an “act of war”

He asserted that these actions by the Trump administration “have a human face; the economic war being waged threatens the lives of Cubans.” Photo: EFE.

The official highlighted the restrictions and coercive persecution imposed on fuel tankers.

September 26, 2026  — teleSUR

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the intensification of the energy blockade and US sanctions against the island , which harm the well-being of the people. 

Before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the official stressed that the restrictions and coercive persecution imposed on fuel tankers amount , under the principles of International Law, to a de facto naval blockade, which they consider a hostile action comparable to an act of war.

He asserted that these actions by the Donald Trump Administration “have a human face; the economic war being waged threatens the lives of Cubans.”

The Cuban foreign minister also denounced the withholding of cargo ships and essential resources , which exacerbates the needs of the island’s inhabitants.

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Author: teleSUR – ac – JML

Source: teleSUR – UN

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