"The U.S. president is escalating his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented level. The international community must take note and, together with the people of the United States, determine whether such a drastic criminal act will be permitted to satisfy the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group, driven by a thirst for revenge and domination."
This is what the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, wrote on his X social media account following the new threats and sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on Cuba.
"No aggressor, however powerful, will find surrender in Cuba They will encounter a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory," the Cuban president stated.
Previously, Political Bureau member and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla had also described the imposition of these new unilateral, illegal, and abusive coercive measures by the United States administration against Cuba as "reprehensible, but curious and ridiculous" on the same social media platform.
He also pointed out that the White House's reaction stems from the "My signature for the Homeland" movement, which garnered the support of "six million Cubans (81% of the population over 16 years of age) in defense of the homeland under military threat, denouncing the intensified blockade and the energy embargo."
Washington's illegal and extraterritorial response is a new executive order that, like the one issued on January 29, labels the Caribbean nation an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy. This serves as a pretext for further tightening the blockade that has persisted for more than six decades, attempting to suffocate the Cuban population.
The new measures, which take effect immediately, include economic actions against Cuban and foreign entities and individuals, including U.S. citizens, who, through sectors key to the country's development, such as energy, mining, and financial services, facilitate the inflow of foreign currency into Cuba.
