The organization stated in a press release, “We observe with deep indignation how, from the highest centers of power in Washington, aggressive policies are being revived that seek to break the will of a sovereign people through coercion and threats.”

The text repudiates the package of unilateral sanctions announced by Trump on May 1, which includes Cuban civilians, officials, and companies, as well as governments, entities, and organizations that conduct transactions with government representatives of the Caribbean nation.

The association warns that these extraterritorial measures are an act of economic warfare, designed to stifle the nation’s development and use human suffering as an instrument of political extortion to try to break our resistance.

In addition to further tightening the blockade, Trump escalated his threats by declaring in Florida his intention to take control of the Caribbean nation “almost immediately” and send the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier within 100 yards (91.44 meters) off Cuba’s coast.

The association of Cuban residents in Chile remembered the conviction of the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, who warned that Cuba is not and never will be an appendage of any empire.

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