Venezuela expressed its absolute solidarity and unconditional support to Cuba in the midst of the energy crisis suffered by the Caribbean nation, besieged by the U.S. blockade. In a communiqué issued by the minister of foreign affairs Ivan Gil, the Bolivarian republic of Venezuela expressed its absolute solidarity and unconditional support to the republic of Cuba, while it is facing the current energy contingency, caused by the cruel intensification of the economic war and the U.S. financial and energy persecution through the application of the illegal blockade.