The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects, in the strongest terms, the Executive Order issued by the White House on May 1, 2026, which intensifies the economic, financial, and commercial blockade against Cuba to extreme and unprecedented levels.
Likewise, it condemns the decision by the United States Treasury Department of May 7, 2026, to add the Cuban entities Gaesa and MoaNickel S.A. to the Specially Designated Nationals List, the first coercive measure stemming from the order signed on May 1st.
This constitutes an act of ruthless economic aggression, multiplying the extraterritorial effects of the blockade, with the potential application of secondary sanctions against foreign companies, banks, and entities, even if their business in the United States has no connection to Cuba. This measure will further hinder the functioning of the national economy, which has already been facing the devastating effects of the oil tax blockade imposed on January 29, 2026, paralyzing fuel exports to the country.
Acting as the world’s policeman and in blatant violation of international law and the fundamental principles of free trade in goods and services, the sovereign right of all states that have or wish to maintain economic, commercial, and financial relations with Cuba is being explicitly, blatantly, and directly attacked. The highest U.S. authorities, particularly the Secretary of State, are attempting to force the international community, through blackmail and intimidation, to submit to and comply with the blockade.
No country is exempt from this threat of extending the genocide against the Cuban people, attempting to force Cuba’s isolation from the international economic and financial arena.
We warn that this aggression against the Cuban economy and people will only achieve its intended destructive effect if sovereign and independent nations allow themselves to be intimidated and threatened by the United States government. We know that the world will never meekly accept illegal regulations, will not relinquish sovereign equality, nor will it leave its citizens, businesses, corporations, and financial institutions unprotected. The international community historically opposes and condemns the genocide being committed against the Cuban people by the United States government, a genocide that has lasted for almost seven decades.
We denounce the criminal nature of these aggressive measures aimed at starving and causing desperation among the entire Cuban population and attempting to generate a social, economic, and political catastrophe on a national scale. We also reject the United States government’s intention to create a humanitarian crisis to justify more dangerous actions, including military aggression against Cuba.
In all international forums, Cuba continues to denounce the blockade. Likewise, we urge the international community to confront this onslaught, which constitutes a dangerous escalation in the United States’ desire to exert domination and control over Cuba’s destiny, violating the independence and sovereignty of all states.
Havana, May 7, 2026
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