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Cuban diplomat warns Trump aims to suffocate island through blockade
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Cuba's senior diplomat told Democracy Now! that the Trump administration is pursuing a strategy to "asphyxiate the people of Cuba into submission" as the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York. Carlos Fernández de Cossío, speaking during the assembly session, characterized the approach as an attempt to pressure the island nation through economic means.
The Cuban official's comments reflect escalating tensions between Havana and Washington amid broader geopolitical shifts at the UN gathering.
