Cairo, February 1, 2026. The Egyptian websites of the newspapers Al Safir, the Hispanic-Arab League, Al Ameltanmya, Al Nahar Egypt, and El Mydan News published the full text of the Revolutionary Government's statement, which strongly rejects the US government's new escalation against Cuba in its efforts to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to the island. In the US President's executive order, announced on January 29, 2026, he declares a supposed national emergency, by virtue of which his government will be able to impose trade tariffs on imports of products from countries that supply oil to Cuba.
In the Declaration, the Cuban government denounces that, in order to justify such extreme action, the text of the aforementioned order contains an extensive list of lies and defamatory accusations against Cuba. Among them is the absurd assertion that Cuba constitutes an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States. The President himself and his government are aware that no one, or very few, can believe such mendacious arguments, but they do not care. Such is their contempt for the truth, public opinion, and government ethics when it comes to endorsing their aggression against Cuba.
The executive order issued by the President of the United States therefore constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and also contravenes the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. It confirms that it is the government of that country that is threatening the security, stability, and peace of the region and the world. The Declaration reads.
The document reflects Cuba's historic willingness to engage in serious, responsible dialogue with the government of the United States, based on international law, sovereign equality, mutual respect, reciprocal benefit, non-interference in internal affairs, and absolute respect for the independence and sovereignty of states.
It is also the country of a fierce and combative people. Imperialism is mistaken when it believes that economic pressure and the determination to cause suffering to millions of people will break their determination to defend national sovereignty and prevent Cuba from falling once again under US domination.
It also states that the international community faces the unavoidable challenge of determining whether a crime of this nature could be a sign of things to come or whether sanity, solidarity, and the rejection of aggression, impunity, and abuse will prevail.
We will face this new attack with firmness, equanimity, and the certainty that reason is absolutely on our side. The decision is one: Homeland or Death, We Shall Overcome! The Declaration concludes. (Embacuba Egipto)