Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today rejected the imposition of new unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela by the US government, and demanded their total lifting.

The president warned in X that «imperialism is trying to impose itself on the sovereignty of other countries, but the homeland of Bolivar will triumph».

Through this social network, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, also expressed his rejection of the measures applied against Venezuelan public officials.

Rodríguez demanded that this type of action, aimed at destabilising the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, be stopped.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil denounced Thursday that the sanctions are a new aggression by Washington and further evidence of its total disregard for international law and the self-determination of peoples.

According to him, with this «rude act» the White House «seeks to ingratiate itself with a political class that has resorted to fascist and violent practices to overthrow, without success, Bolivarian democracy».

In this way, Caracas responded to the decision by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to sanction 16 Venezuelan officials on the grounds that they are «aligned with (Nicolás) Maduro, allegedly obstructed elections and violated the civil and human rights of the people».

The list includes leaders of the National Electoral Council, the Supreme Court of Justice, army officers, intelligence officials and members of the government.