Through the social media platform X, the president remembered that on February 3, 1962, Democratic President John F. Kennedy “signed and made official the policy of economic embargo against Cuba,” a policy that, according to Diaz-Canel, has been transformed into an instrument of extreme pressure.  

“Twelve administrations from both parties have been transforming it into a #GenocidalBlockade,” stated the head of state, who quoted the historical leader Fidel Castro, specifying that “this is called Economic Warfare.”

  The president’s statement coincides with the latest escalation of US sanctions, marked by the executive order issued on January 29 by Donald Trump that aims to block oil supplies to the island through sanctions against third countries.

  Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez had previously described this measure as an attempt to make “humanity complicit in a terrible oil blockade” with unprecedented humanitarian consequences for the Cuban civilian population.

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