In a statement, the Caribbean nation’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the Treasury Department’s decision to add the Cuban entities Gaesa and MoaNickel S.A. to the Specially Designated Nationals List. This is the first coercive measure stemming from the previous hostile action.

According to the statement, this is an act of ruthless economic aggression that multiplies the extraterritorial effects of the blockade, with the potential application of secondary sanctions against foreign companies, banks, and entities, even if their business in the United States has no connection to Cuba.

The statement adds that the measure will further hinder the functioning of the national economy, which has already been facing the disastrous effects of the oil blockade imposed on January 29, 2026, paralyzing fuel exports to the country.

According to the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) asserts that, acting as the world’s policeman and in blatant violation of international law and the fundamental principles of free trade in goods and services, the sovereign right of all states that have or wish to maintain economic, commercial, and financial relations with Cuba is being explicitly, blatantly, and directly attacked.

In particular, the statement mentions that the highest U.S. authorities, especially Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are attempting to force the international community, through blackmail and intimidation, to submit to and comply with the blockade.

The document emphasizes that no country is exempt from this threat of extending the genocide against the Cuban people by attempting to force Cuba’s isolation from the international economic and financial arena.

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