Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau criticized Mexico's comments at the United Nations urging the U.S. to lift what it described as a "commercial blockade" of Cuba, arguing that "there is no such thing and urging debate "based on reality and not fantasies."
Landau, responding to a post by Mexico's Foreign Ministry, said he was "sad as a friend of Mexico" to see the claim and contended that Cuba "freely receives goods and visitors from many countries," adding that U.S. measures are a domestically enacted embargo restricting transactions by U.S. persons.
