Managua, September 13 (RHC) -- The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Nicaraguan Parliament Jacinto Suarez regards the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, as “infamous, criminal and useless.”

In statements to Prensa Latina, Suarez said that the implementation of this measure, for more than 50 years now, "makes no sense" and lamented the irreparable damage inflicted on the island.

Recently, Cuba presented a report on the issue to be taken before the UN General Assembly in October, according to which the economic damage incurred until March this year amounted to 880.11 million dollars.

Suarez, who also serves as Secretary of International Relations of the National Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN), criticized the continuing restrictions on the Caribbean country and the negative consequences in its development.

He said: "With the potential and existing social discipline in Cuba, if you could invest all the cost of the blockade, the island would be immensely prosperous.”