'US blockade is main obstacle to Cuba's development'

“The imperialist strategy is to asphyxiate us economically, to provoke a rupture between the people and the Revolution." President Miguel Diaz-Canel explains the unique conditions of building socialism in Cuba under the chokehold of a 60+ year US blockade – what he calls “the main obstacle to our development.” Rejecting the accusation that the new economic reforms signal a “capitalist restoration,” he asks, “Who can teach us how socialism is built under these conditions, if no one has that experience, if no one has lived it that way?” BT’s @ldejesusreyes, along with Jorge Lefevre Tavárez, interviewed Díaz-Canel for Puerto Rican news outlet Claridad.