SA slams US embargo on Cuba at UN

South Africa has raised a number of concerns in relation to the ongoing U.S. economic blockade on Cuba, arguing that it remained the foremost impediment to the country's attainment of its development aspirations. Pretoria's position was raised during a UN General Assembly debate on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States 64 years ago. In the same session, Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla accused the United States of implementing an energy siege, equivalent to a navy blockade which he described as an act of War.

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