The U.S. embargo on Cuba resulted in a "record" loss of over $8 billion for the battered island between March last year and February this year, according to a government report presented Monday as the country is going through a severe economic crisis.
Cuba has been under a U.S. trade embargo since 1962, with President Donald Trump piling on pressure on top of the decades-old measure since early this year.
The damages set out in the report exceed last year's peak by 7%, said Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
The figure "does not include the damage from the energy blockade" imposed by Washington in January "nor the damage from secondary sanctions" imposed on Cuban entities in May, the minister added.
"The blockade does not punish a government; it punishes the daily life of a people in all its aspects," Rodriguez said.
