The Executive Order of May 1st and the Blockade Measures Announced Today Further Increase the Harm to the Cuban Population and Reinforce the Threat of Aggression
Communiqué issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the Executive Order issued by the White House on May 1st, 2026, which tightens, to unprecedented and extreme levels, the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
It likewise condemns the decision adopted by the US Treasure Department on May 7, 2026, to include the Cuban entities GAESA and MoaNickel S.A. in the Specially Designated Nationals List, being this the first coercive measure resulting from the order signed on May 1st.
We are being witness to a ruthless act of economic aggression which multiplies the extraterritorial effects of the blockade, which includes the potential implementation of secondary sanction against companies, banks and foreign entities, even if their businesses in the United States are not related to Cuba. This measure will further hamper the operation of Cuba’s national economy which has been already facing, since January 29, 2026, the nefarious effects of the oil blockade imposed by the US government as from that date, which paralyzed fuel exports to the country.
