# Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Says US Sanctions Are Hobbling Economic Reform

https://mins.news/en/video/74308

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-25 16:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOaMyiQPg2w

> Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández De Cossío says US sanctions are hampering the island’s efforts to overhaul its economy and pursue capitalist reforms. He also says Cubans hope political change in Washington could reduce the pressure, allowing the transformations to become irreversible.

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