Cuba marks six decades under unilateral blockade

HAVANA－Cuba on Monday marked 60 years under an economic blockade by the United States that has deeply affected the island nation's fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted.

Decreed by US president John F.Kennedy on Feb 3, 1962, the embargo on all bilateral trade came into effect four days later.

The sanctions remain in place six decades later and Cuban authorities said they caused a loss of $150 billion.