Condemning the armed incursion that occurred on the morning of February 25 by a speedboat, registered in Florida, the United States, with registration number FL7726SH, in Cuban territorial waters, LaBash, who is also the co-president of the National Network on Cuba (NNOC), recalled the long history of terrorist actions organized and financed from US territory for decades.

She said, “I encourage everyone traveling to Cuba to visit the Memorial of the Denunciation in Havana to learn how much the Cuban people have suffered from these aggressions, including speedboats with armed individuals that attacked beaches and tourist areas.”

The activist recalled that the 1990s witnessed a series of terrorist attacks in Cuba, perpetrated by counterrevolutionary groups.

One of these violent acts killed a young Italian man, named Fabio di Celmo, in 1997 when a bomb exploded at a hotel in the Cuban capital.

LaBash revealed that, nevertheless, “United States forces have murdered more than 100 Caribbean people in small boats, even killing any survivors.”

She also referred to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump on January 29, which she considered “an open declaration of war against the Cuban people.”

LaBash stated that with this coercive measure, “they are going to impose a collective punishment on the Cuban people, trying to force them to rebel against their government and the socialist programs that have meant so much, not only for Cuba but for the rest of the world.”

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