Managua, March 31 (RHC)-- Young Cuban Camila Martínez denounced the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island as an injustice that is currently affecting her country in various sectors.

The day before, speaking at an event for the Bridges of Love initiative held at the Cuban Embassy in Nicaragua, Martínez referred to the direct impact of the blockade on Cuban children, adolescents, and young people.

She affirmed that Washington's unilateral measure, which has lasted more than six decades, is a daily condemnation that limits access to medicines, school supplies, food, and a dignified future.

“The blockade is an invisible wall that stands between our children and young people and their right to grow up healthy.  Through the efforts of its doctors and scientists, Cuba has made admirable progress, but how many more lives could we save and medicines contribute to humanity if we weren't suffocated by this cruel policy?” she emphasized.

She stated that the blockade also affects the education sector and hinders the import of materials, thus making technology more expensive, with which the U.S. seeks to condemn Cubans to backwardness.

Camila Martínez affirmed that despite this measure, Cuban children continue to be educated, creative, and learn that true power lies in knowledge and solidarity.

The young woman alluded to the threats that seek to undermine national sovereignty, external pressures, and media campaigns, whose objective, she noted, is to weaken the Revolution.

Camila Martínez also recalled the creation of the José Martí Pioneers Organization and the Union of Young Communists on April 4, 1961, and 1962, respectively, while expressing that Cuba's future is being written with the same determination as those years.   

(Source: Prensa Latina)