Carrying flags representing Cuba and signs supporting the self-determination of its people, activists from various parts of the country explained to passersby the harm caused by the energy-related restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration on the Cuban population—particularly its most vulnerable members.

Slogans denouncing these coercive measures echoed across the city’s largest public square, including the demand: “Cuba does not sponsor terrorism, nor is it a terrorist state—remove it from the list.”

Gabriel Becerra, a member of the Chamber of Representatives who also attended the demonstration, remarked:

“What else can you call the criminal action of a state that prevents another from accessing basic medicines needed to care for its citizens and uphold their human right to health? What do you call a foreign power capable of blocking the financial transactions of a society and a state—transactions that, in a democratic world, ought to be permitted?” he asked.

He further asserted that standing with Cuba means standing with humanity and with life, and opposing those who seek to dismantle the sovereignty of nations. “No state has the right to carry out the attack currently being waged against the people and the State of Cuba.

It is not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing with a political model; it is a matter of defending life, defending humanity, defending international law, and defending the sovereignty of nations,” he remarked.

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