00:00Cuban president Miguel de Escanal defended his country's sovereignty and reiterated that the 176 economic measures recently approved
00:07refer on the island's socialist course.
00:09In an interview with a Brazilian media outlet, the president dismissed any speculation about an alleged neoliberal shift.
00:15He explained that the transformations being carried out by the Cuban people and government are the result of a debate
00:22on improvement
00:22that has been ongoing for more than a decade and aim to strengthen the national economy, not to please Washington.
00:29He also emphasized that social justice remains the central principle of the Cuban project and highlighted the social program supported
00:36by the state budget.
00:37When referring to a possible military intervention, he also added that anything can be expected from the current administration
00:44and added that Cuba, despite being a peaceful country, is preparing in the face of threatening rhetoric with actions standing
00:51firm, fighting and without surrendering.
00:58It's very cynical to question a system when you haven't allowed that system to develop to its full potential, and
01:03you've been holding it back.
01:04One would then have to ask, if we're so incapable, so clumsy, so inefficient, why do you block us?
01:10Why do you block me if, supposedly, since I'm so inefficient, we're going to fail on our own?
01:15No, there are other reasons, and that is the example of Cuba.
01:18And they know that Cuba, even under the blockade, has managed to solve problems that remain unresolved even today in
01:24the U.S., in terms of social justice.
01:26So, just imagine, what would Cuba be like without the blockade?
01:30What would be like with Cuba without the blockade?
01:31What would be like with Cuba without the blockade?
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