It is a myth that has helped fuel wars and may hinder finding solutions to the world s biggest problems. Though the origin of this myth is cloudy, science has proven its falsity, and a globalized world has rendered it anachronistic.

The falsity of the United States Government's cynical insistence on presenting its embargo policy against Cuba as an exclusively bilateral matter has been clearly demonstrated by its impact on numerous States, and citizens and companies from third countries, resulting from the extraterritorial provisions of the embargo, which not even international organizations of the United Nations system have been able to avoid.