The Croatian Socialist Workers Party (PSR) strongly condemns the measures recently announced by the United States of America (USA) to further tighten economic, financial and trade sanctions against the Republic of Cuba. These sanctions, which represent a direct continuation of the inhumane blockade that has lasted for more than six decades, confirm the imperialist and aggressive character of U.S. foreign policy towards sovereign peoples and nations that independently decide their own path of development.
The tightening of sanctions constitutes a systematic violation of international law and the human rights of the Cuban people. The blockade prevents Cuba's access to medicines, medical equipment, food and basic necessities, which represents a collective punishment against the civilian population and directly threatens the lives of innocent people. This policy is unjustified, immoral and contrary to all principles of interpersonal solidarity.
We believe that this U.S. measure is revenge for the heroic resistance of the Cuban people and their determination to build socialism despite all the challenges and difficulties. Sanctions and blockades are weapons of frustrated imperialist powers that attempt to break the will of peoples who refuse to bow to threats and accept the will of others. Cuba, however, has been demonstrating for decades that sovereignty and dignity are not for sale.
We urge the Croatian government and the European Union to openly and principledly condemn the new wave of U.S. aggression and to take concrete steps to lift all sanctions and blockades. The EU must not be a silent accomplice to this injustice. In particular, we demand the urgent removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of "State sponsors of terrorism", a false and politically motivated label that only serves as a pretext for a criminal blockade.
We express our unwavering solidarity with the Cuban people, its working class and its youth. We believe that justice and international solidarity will prevail, and that imperialist pressures will fail as they have throughout history.
We demand:
From the governments of all countries to condemn the blockade of Cuba;
From the international movements for justice and peace throughout the world to strengthen the struggle against imperialism;
From the government of the United States to end the blockade of Cuba and withdraw its military from the Cuban city of Guantanamo.
Long live free and sovereign Cuba!
Long live international solidarity!
Socialist Workers Party of Croatia (SRP)