Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open the economy to private investment
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FILE - Ernesto Sobern Guzmn, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay's Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)A man carries a pig at the entrance of a market, decorated with a mural of Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)An image of Fidel Castro is displayed on a large screen during a gala commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth at the Karl Marx theater in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Street vendors push their cart of vegetables past a mural of Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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FILE - Ernesto Sobern Guzmn, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)