Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has asked the international community for urgent help to prevent disaster in his country, which is under a U.S. energy blockade.

 

In his speech to the UN Security Council, he urged the international community for urgent support, as tension with the United States continues to grow over sanctions, energy shortages and fuel pressure.  He further told the UN Security Council that now should be the time for solidarity as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Mr. Parrilla also pleaded with the global community to mobilise to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe that could be imposed through arms or the fuel blockade.

 

The island nation is facing a serious humanitarian crisis due to US-led sanctions provoking scarcities of basic food, medicine and electricity. The country is on the brink as it suffers from a blackout for 22 hours or more.