Presidents and organizations from around the world have rejected the new United States (US) presidential memorandum that intensifies the Economic, Commercial, and Financial Blockade against Cuba.
Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, reaffirmed her country’s long-standing stance against this measure. In line with the principles of non-intervention and self-determination.
Sheinbaum reiterated that Mexico will continue to promote dialogue and peace as tools for conflict resolution. Also in line with its foreign policy of respect for the sovereignty of nations.
This condemnation adds to criticism from other Latin American nations, such as Bolivian President Luis Arce. Who, on behalf of the people, also rejected the measure and expressed his solidarity with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Likewise, the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua expressed its firm support for Cuba. Denouncing the intensification of the blockade, which it described as “inhumane and criminal.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning urged the US on Wednesday to lift sanctions against Cuba and remove the Caribbean country from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
He emphasized that for the past 60 years, the US “has imposed a brutal blockade and illegal sanctions on Cuba. Seriously violating its right to survival and development. Moreover violating the basic norms of international relations, and causing grave disasters for the Cuban people.”
In a statement, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP). Also denounced that this new aggression “aims to severely impact all sectors of Cuban society.”
The memorandum, titled the National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM), was signed on Monday, July 1st, and reverses progress in the bilateral relationship between the US and Cuba promoted during the Joe Biden administration.
The measure reinstates economic, financial, diplomatic, and immigration restrictions similar to those implemented during Trump’s first term. Intensifying the impact on the Cuban population.
Cuba has repeatedly denounced in forums and dialogue that the blockade, in place for more than six decades, has caused economic losses exceeding $1.4 trillion. Calculated based on the dollar’s value against gold on the international market.
With information from CNA, Cubadebate, and Granma
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fenandez
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