Statement of the SKP: "Emergency in Cuba – Embargo is suffocating the Cuban people"
Communist Party of Finland expresses its full support for the people of Cuba, who are struggling amidst power outages and Hurricane Oscar. The challenges Cuba faces, such as the collapse of the power grid, food shortages, and the scarcity of medicine and fuel, are the result of the unjust trade embargo maintained by the United States. Since Friday, October 18th, Cuba has suffered from an unprecedented nationwide blackout, which at its worst has affected the entire country. This has been caused by a lack of fuel and maintenance resources, which have prevented the proper functioning of the electrical grid. Due to the strict U.S. trade embargo and Cuba's inclusion on the list of countries supporting terrorism, the country has been severely restricted from purchasing fuel and essential supplies. Cubans and grassroots movements worldwide have repeatedly appealed to the United States to lift the embargo or at least some of these suffocating sanctions so that the country could acquire critical supplies like other nations. However, even the repeated demands of the UN General Assembly have fallen on deaf ears.
