Cuban president lauds creativity against US blockade Cuban president lauds creativity against US blockade Havana, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday lauded the Cuban people's creativity and intelligence to confront the everyday restrictions imposed by the United States economic, commercial and financial blockade. On his Twitter account, the head of State noted that those characteristics of Cubans allow them to break the US blockade and go ahead. As an example, he mentioned some of the results made by Cuban scientists in the fight against Covid-19. Among those achievements is that 90.3 percent of Covid-19 patients have recovered, and no children or pregnant women have died in Cuba.