Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stated that no aggressor, however powerful, will find surrender in Cuba amid new US threats and sanctions. He highlighted the people's resolve to defend sovereignty. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla called the measures reprehensible.
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, posted on his X account: "No aggressor, however powerful, will find surrender in Cuba. They will encounter a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory."
This statement follows new threats of military aggression and sanctions imposed by the US government on Cuba. Díaz-Canel wrote that the US president is escalating threats to a dangerous and unprecedented level, urging the international community and the US people to determine whether such acts will be permitted to serve the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group driven by revenge and domination.
Earlier, Political Bureau member and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla described the new unilateral, illegal, and abusive coercive measures as "reprehensible, but curious and ridiculous." He noted that the White House reaction stems from the "My signature for the Homeland" movement, which garnered support from six million Cubans—81% of the population over 16 years—in defense of the homeland under military threat, denouncing the intensified blockade and energy embargo.
The new measures, effective immediately, target Cuban and foreign entities and individuals, including US citizens, facilitating foreign currency inflows to Cuba via key sectors like energy, mining, and financial services. They rely on a new executive order labeling Cuba an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy, akin to one issued on January 29, tightening the blockade persisting for over six decades.