During the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trump resorted to the oft-repeated argument that “Cuba is an absolutely failed state,” presented as a potential pretext for military aggression against the Caribbean nation.

  He asserted that Cuba “is failing like never before and will eventually fall,” a claim to which Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez immediately responded on the social network X: “The U.S. government is incapable of accepting that Cuba is—and has the right to be—a fully independent and sovereign country.”

  The organization stated that Cuba poses no threat to the national security of the United States or any other country, noting instead that the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington for over six decades against Cuban families and the Cuban people constitutes the real threat.

  In a statement, the Association argued that the United Nations General Assembly should not become a platform for disparaging a people, making threats, or promoting policies of pressure that directly affect the Cuban population.

  Cubans living in the Dominican Republic called upon the international community to promote peace, understanding among nations, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.

  The Association reaffirmed its commitment to its nation of origin and its people, to the defense of national sovereignty, and to the historic bonds of brotherhood uniting Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

  It concluded its statement with the slogan: “#CubaIsNotAThreat, the blockade is.”

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