Statement by the revolutionary government

US president donald trump has been attacking cuba from day one and without any pretext. the decision to reinstate the harsh measures of economic warfare against cuba, which his predecessor eliminated only days before, is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of us imperialism against the sovereignty, peace and well-being of the cuban population. Among them is the inclusion of our country, once again, in the arbitrary list of states that supposedly sponsor terrorism, a designation that shows an absolute disregard for the truth.

This is not surprising. The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 14 January already warned: «that the government of that country could reverse in the future the measures adopted today, as has happened on other occasions and as a sign of the lack of legitimacy, ethics, consistency and reason in its conduct against Cuba». He also affirmed that «US politicians do not usually stop to find justification…». This is how they govern in that country.

Trump has interpreted his rise to power as the coronation of an emperor. His ambition includes, just for starters, the conquest of Canada, the usurpation of Greenland, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and the dispossession of the Panamanians of their canal. The hegemonic Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, which were imposed on Latin America and the Caribbean by blood and fire, guide the new government team.

The groups and politicians who have made aggression against Cuba a way of life, who have profited for decades from the anti-Cuban business, and who today share the new president’s drunkenness, are associated with him. All bear a heavy responsibility for the country’s difficult economic situation and for the increase in the flow of migration from Cuba to the United States.

This new act of aggression by the US government against the Cuban people shows, once again, the true, cruel, merciless objective of these and so many other measures of encirclement and suffocation, which are applied against Cuba for the purpose of domination. It is the reaction of impotence in the face of the inability to bend our will and in the face of the respect, sympathy and support that the Revolution commands among the peoples of the world.

The economic blockade, its reinforcement and the new aggressive measures will continue to weigh, with a very damaging effect, on our economy, the standard of living, the potential for development and the legitimate dreams of justice and well-being of the Cuban people, as they have been in recent years.

They will not divert us from our socialist course, from our determination to recover the economy, to foster the greatest solidarity, creativity, talent, spirit of work, and to defend freedom, independence, sovereignty and the privilege of building a future without foreign interference as an impregnable bastion.

The Cuban people are grateful for the many expressions of support and solidarity received from all over the world, from governments, Cubans living abroad, parliaments, political, religious and social organisations and political figures in the United States and other countries.

No one should be under any illusions. The Cuban people expressed themselves with clear determination and strength in the march of 20 December. Here the conviction prevails that Cuba will win:

Motherland or Death, We Will Win!

Havana, 21 January 2025