The Foreign Minister warned on X that these new sanctions are part of Washington’s policy of maximum economic suffocation and collective punishment against the Cuban people.
“He will fail in his attempt to bend us to his will. We will never renounce our sovereignty and independence, won over nearly 70 years of Revolution,” Rodriguez stated.
The US Secretary of State announced sanctions against 11 entities and individuals linked to the development of Cuba’s military capabilities and the exploitation of the island’s mineral resources.
The department specified that it had designated eight institutions and three individuals. The entities designated in the defense sector are the Simulator Research and Development Center, the Naval Research and Development Center, the Infantry Weapons Research and Development Center, and the “Grito de Baire” Research, Development, and Production Center.
In the nickel sector—a key industry for the Caribbean country—sanctions were imposed on the Computing, Communications, and Electronics Technical Services Company; the Nickel Engineering and Projects Company; the Captain Alberto Fernandez Montes de Oca Nickel Research Center; and Pinares S.A.
Despite these attempts at maximum pressure, the island is moving forward with the implementation of economic and social transformations aimed fundamentally at improving the population’s quality of life amidst the intensified blockade and energy siege.
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