“Access to energy is not a luxury: it is a basic condition for guaranteeing healthcare services, education, water supply, food production, and the functioning of daily life,” the parliamentarians stated in the declaration establishing the group.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring a supposed national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods from nations that send oil to Cuba.

Such a decree, another tightening of the blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years, is part of Washington’s current maximum pressure policy against the island and attempts to justify it in the interest of US national security and foreign policy.

“We do not share neo-imperialism’s unilateral actions that seek to punish sovereign countries and turn the hunger, energy, and suffering of their people into weapons of pressure,” the members of the Brotherhood Group stated in a statement spread last night.

In their opinion, supporting Cuba is an act consistent with Mexico’s humanitarian vocation and signifies recognizing that, in the face of adversity, cooperation between sister nations can make the difference between collapse and hope.

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