Statement by the Revolutionary Government
U.S. President Donald Trump has been lashing out against Cuba from day one and without any pretext. The decision to reinstate the harsh measures of economic warfare against Cuba, which his predecessor eliminated only days before, is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of U.S. imperialism against the sovereignty, peace, and welfare of the Cuban population. The inclusion of our country, once again, in the arbitrary list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism, a designation that evidences an absolute disregard for the truth, is among them.
This is not surprising. The statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 14 January already warned, “That the government of that country could reverse in the future the measures adopted today, as has happened on other occasions and as a sign of the lack of legitimacy, ethics, consistency and reason of its conduct against Cuba”. It also affirmed, “U.S. politicians do not usually stop to find justification...” This is how they govern in that country.
Trump has interpreted his coming to power as the coronation of an emperor. His ambition includes, just for starters, the conquest of Canada, the usurpation of Greenland, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, and the dispossession of the Panamanians of their canal. The hegemonic Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, which were imposed on Latin America and the Caribbean with blood and fire, are the guide of the new government team.
The groups and politicians, who have made aggression against Cuba a way of life, have profited for decades from the anti-Cuban business and today share the new president's drunkenness. All of them have a high responsibility for the country's difficult economic situation and the increase of the migratory flow from Cuba to the United States.
This new act of aggression by the U.S. government against the Cuban people shows, once again, the true, cruel, and merciless objective of these and so many other measures of encirclement and asphyxiation applied against Cuba for domination. It is the reaction of impotence in the face of the inability to subdue our will and given the respect, sympathy, and support that the Revolution arouses among the peoples of the world.
The economic blockade, its reinforcement, and the new aggressive measures will continue to weigh, with a very harmful effect, on our economy, the standard of living, the potential for development, and the legitimate dreams of justice and well-being of the Cuban people, as it has been the case in recent years.
They will not divert us from the socialist course, from the determination to recover the economy, to promote the greatest solidarity, creativity, talent, spirit of work, and to defend freedom, independence, sovereignty, and the privilege of building a future without foreign interference as an impregnable bastion.
The Cuban people are grateful for the many expressions of support and solidarity received from all over the world, from governments, Cubans living abroad, parliaments, political, religious and social organizations, and political figures from the United States and other countries.
No one should be deceived. The Cuban people expressed themselves with clear determination and strength in the march of 20 December. The conviction prevails that CUBA WILL WIN.
Homeland or death, we will prevail.
Havana, 21 January 2025
(Cubaminrex)
Statement by the Revolutionary Government
U.S. President Donald Trump has been lashing out against Cuba from day one and without any pretext. The decision to reinstate the harsh measures of economic warfare against Cuba, which his predecessor eliminated only days before, is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of U.S. imperialism against the sovereignty, peace, and welfare of the Cuban population. The inclusion of our country, once again, in the arbitrary list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism, a designation that evidences an absolute disregard for the truth, is among them.
This is not surprising. The statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 14 January already warned, “That the government of that country could reverse in the future the measures adopted today, as has happened on other occasions and as a sign of the lack of legitimacy, ethics, consistency and reason of its conduct against Cuba”. It also affirmed, “U.S. politicians do not usually stop to find justification...” This is how they govern in that country.
Trump has interpreted his coming to power as the coronation of an emperor. His ambition includes, just for starters, the conquest of Canada, the usurpation of Greenland, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, and the dispossession of the Panamanians of their canal. The hegemonic Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, which were imposed on Latin America and the Caribbean with blood and fire, are the guide of the new government team.
The groups and politicians, who have made aggression against Cuba a way of life, have profited for decades from the anti-Cuban business and today share the new president's drunkenness. All of them have a high responsibility for the country's difficult economic situation and the increase of the migratory flow from Cuba to the United States.
This new act of aggression by the U.S. government against the Cuban people shows, once again, the true, cruel, and merciless objective of these and so many other measures of encirclement and asphyxiation applied against Cuba for domination. It is the reaction of impotence in the face of the inability to subdue our will and given the respect, sympathy, and support that the Revolution arouses among the peoples of the world.
The economic blockade, its reinforcement, and the new aggressive measures will continue to weigh, with a very harmful effect, on our economy, the standard of living, the potential for development, and the legitimate dreams of justice and well-being of the Cuban people, as it has been the case in recent years.
They will not divert us from the socialist course, from the determination to recover the economy, to promote the greatest solidarity, creativity, talent, spirit of work, and to defend freedom, independence, sovereignty, and the privilege of building a future without foreign interference as an impregnable bastion.
The Cuban people are grateful for the many expressions of support and solidarity received from all over the world, from governments, Cubans living abroad, parliaments, political, religious and social organizations, and political figures from the United States and other countries.
No one should be deceived. The Cuban people expressed themselves with clear determination and strength in the march of 20 December. The conviction prevails that CUBA WILL WIN.
Homeland or death, we will prevail.
Havana, 21 January 2025
(Cubaminrex)