During an event held at the Cuban Embassy in this nation, directors and members of several associations expressed their rejection of the executive order signed on January 29 by Trump, aimed at preventing the entry of fuel into the Caribbean nation.

Cuban Ambassador to this nation, Jorge Luis Cepero, and Arasay D’Angelo, First Secretary in charge of Consular Affairs, chaired the meeting and expressed their gratitude for the large number of Cuban nationals residing in Italy, as well as those participating via teleconference from several regions of the peninsula.

The head of the diplomatic mission began his remarks by remembering the imperialist attack on Venezuela on January 3 by US forces, in which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were kidnapped, an event in which 32 Cuban combatants lost their lives in unequal combat.

This cowardly aggression against the Bolivarian nation, which violated international law, was followed by an increase in threats against the island, including military threats, and by Trump’s signing of an executive order threatening high tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, to create a serious humanitarian crisis.

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