Written by analyst Marcelo Colussi, the column noted that these absurd actions to justify imperial adventures are commonplace in Washington, “regardless of whether the current leader is a Democrat or a Republican.”

Throughout history, he added, the list of absurd lies is endless, but each case, regardless of the degree of absurdity involved, proves useful.

With Cuba, something special is happening: the US doesn’t seek to overthrow the revolution because there are no resources to steal or to defend business interests, the psychologist wrote.

It has been attacked for more than six decades because the island is an example of dignity and sovereignty, having built a socialist model right under the nose of the empire, he explained.

Furthermore, he stated, “it has not yielded in these long years of various attacks, with a miserable blockade that is repudiated by half the world, but which persists, and which is now being intensified.”

After having tried endless tactics to bring down the Cuban process, now the current leader of the empire, Donald Trump, sees the revolution as an “unusual and extraordinary threat,” he described.

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