The U.S. measures against Cuba are creating a strong negative impact on the island's energy system, according to a report published today in digital media.

The digital newspaper Cubadebate addressed the issue this Thursday in an extensive article reflecting official data from the country. The publication indicates that Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, recently presented the update of the national report on the effects of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

This update corresponds to the period from March 2024 to February 2025. The document reveals the devastating impact this unilateral Washington policy has on Cuba's economy.

In his presentation, the head of Cuban diplomacy explained how this policy affects the daily life of every Cuban—stifling the nation's socioeconomic development—and placed special emphasis on the blockade's effect on the energy sector.

According to the report, from March 2024 to February 2025, the blockade caused estimated material losses of $7,556.1 million, an increase of 49 percent compared to the previous period. This increase is attributed mainly to a drop in export income and financial persecution that hinders international transactions.

The report insists on recalling that Cuba was once again included in the infamous list of so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism, which labels it as a country of risk for any transaction, business, and investment.

The U.S. blockade against Cuba consists of a set of economic coercion and aggression measures that constitute genocidal behavior, aimed at provoking suffocation and immobility, and as such, it represents a brake on Cuban socioeconomic development.

It is a unilateral policy that transgresses all norms of international law and constitutes a flagrant violation of the human rights of all Cubans.

At current prices, the accumulated damages from the impact of this policy amount to more than $170,677 million. Taking into consideration the value of gold on the international market, to avoid fluctuations in the value of the dollar, the accumulated losses exceed $2,103,897 million (over 2.1 trillion) dollars, an extraordinary figure for any economy.

It notes that, in particular, the energy sector is one of the hardest hit.

The official stated that "It is not possible to express in numbers the emotional damage, the anguish, the suffering, the deprivations that the blockade generates in the Cuban family."

"Thus it has been for several generations, as more than 80 percent of Cubans on the Island were born after the beginning of said blockade," he said.

And he gave another example: "Five days of the blockade equal the necessary financing for the repair of one of the thermoelectric plants, like the Antonio Guiteras in Matanzas or the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Cienfuegos."

He added that just a few weeks ago, the Cienfuegos thermoelectric plant "suffered directly the effect of the blockade when an industrialized country, friendly to Cuba, could not supply technical assistance for a repair."

This refusal was justified by alleging that the requested assistance would contain more than 10 percent of U.S. components.

Furthermore, he stressed, "five days of the blockade prevent financing the repair of a thermoelectric plant," whose cost is around $100 million.

Insisting, he pointed out that "12 days of the blockade represent the annual maintenance budget of the national electric energy system:" $250 million, among a long list of facts and data to argue the impact on the energy system.

He concluded the message by stating that these measures against Cuba are not an excuse, but rather "a deliberate policy of economic strangulation that seeks to generate social discontent and weaken national sovereignty."

On October 28 and 29, the United Nations General Assembly will consider the draft resolution titled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba." (CubaSí)