The ANAIC expressed “its most sincere and fraternal congratulations to the Cuban government and people for the extraordinary political and moral victory achieved in the General Assembly” of that international organization, “despite the shameful threats, blackmail, and severe external pressures exerted by the United States delegation.”

  These actions, the statement notes, “have been exposed in all their pettiness thanks to the discovery of documents sent by Marco Rubio to numerous governments to boycott and block the debate requested by Cuba,” yet the dignity of the world refused to yield.

  The solidarity association highlights in the text that on July 7, the debate was approved with 136 countries voting in favor, against only nine opposed and 30 abstentions; it laments that Italy was among the latter, noting that “with its abstention, it lost—for the umpteenth time—the chance to demonstrate independence, leaving itself in a very poor position internationally.”

  The two United States representatives displayed the arrogant yet weak face of an empire in decline, the statement noted, referring to Jeffrey Bartos, that nation’s representative for UN Management and Reform, and Michael Waltz, the ambassador to the global body.

  The document emphasizes that they were “made to look utterly ridiculous by the masterful and firm rebuttal delivered by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.”

  The Cuban Foreign Minister denounced the U.S. blockade of his country as a silent killer and strangler—constituting a ruthless crime for which the United Nations also bears responsibility—and explained that this policy, in place for nearly 70 years, has intensified over the last seven months, causing a deterioration in the quality of life and harming the population.

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