Cuba calls on U.S. to lift trade embargo

STORY: Cuba calls on U.S. to lift trade embargo DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:17 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference 2. various of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez 3. various of streets in Havana 4. various of U.S. Embassy in Cuba 5. Cubans protesting U.S. embargo (File) STORYLINE: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to lift its decades-long trade embargo, or blockade, against the country. "The U.S. blockade has caused Cuba losses valued at 3.806 billion U.S. dollars between August 2021 and February 2022," Rodriguez told a press conference in the country's capital Havana. The call comes ahead of the Cuban government's annual submission to the UN General Assembly of a draft resolution calling for an end to the embargo. The General Assembly is scheduled to discuss and vote on the draft resolution in early November. U.S. trade sanctions, Rodriguez said, severely limit Cuba's access to food, medicine, t

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