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Cuba Denounces U.S. Blockade

Pyongyang, May 13 (KCNA) -- The Cuban permanent representative in Geneva bitterly denounced the U.S. persistent blockade against Cuba in his speech at a recent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council.

The U.S. blockade caused Cuba about 104 billion U.S. dollar loss by December 2010, he said, adding that through the blockade the U.S. has systematically violated the rights of the Cuban people.

The ulterior intention of the U.S. blockade is to check development of the Cuban people, he said. But Cuba has made big achievements in all fields without submission.

He urged the U.S. to stop at once the criminal blockade against Cuba.