[Witness spoke in Spanish, translated as follows:]
What I say is that the grave situation in Cuba is not explained based on that phenomenon, the embargo. There are some structural causes that predate it.
I have the view that we're now talking more about the crisis, but it's because of the latest measures from the American government. Before that, it was denied, because what was convenient to the Cuban regime and to different international perspectives was to sell Cuba as paradise on earth.
Not long ago, President Petro proposed the Cuban model for health care and education. It's crazy. It's not about denying or not. The current situation is not explained just by the embargo. There are structural causes that have been explained and the priorities of the Cuban elite.