Eleven days after the 100-page report, Washington presents no evidence. The blackout leaves the country without power. Sanctions against the Minister of Health and the medical brigades in 56 countries.
Reasons of Cuba Editorial Staff
Eleven days after its publication, the State Department’s one hundred-page report remains the official front page without a single new piece of evidence to justify it. The power outage left five provinces without service, and restoration is progressing circuit by circuit. While Washington makes accusations without evidence, it sanctions the Minister of Public Health and the network of medical brigades in 56 countries.
Good morning. We start the week with three open fronts.
FIRST FRONT (International): Eleven days after its publication, the State Department’s 100-page report remains the official front-page news in Washington, without a single new piece of evidence to justify its continued presence. This document functions more as a tool for internal political disputes in the United States than as a genuine diagnosis of Cuba, with even members of the U.S. Congress questioning its rigor.
SECOND FRONT (National): This is the one we experienced yesterday within our own country. A fault in the 220 kV lines between Matanzas and Cienfuegos, and between Matanzas and Santa Clara, divided the National Electric System after 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, leaving Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque, Havana, and Matanzas without power. The Electric Union announced the reconnection of the western region during the early morning hours, but this does not mean that all circuits or all areas immediately regained service: several areas in those provinces still woke up without electricity.
THIRD FRONT (The Direct Connection): This connects directly to the first. While Washington accuses Cuba of weaving an ideological network without evidence, the same administration recently announced sanctions against the Cuban Minister of Public Health and the network that manages the medical brigades abroad, the country’s main source of foreign currency. In recent weeks, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, and Guyana terminated medical agreements that had been in place for up to 25 years under this same pressure. The network that can be named and verified—Cuban medical cooperation in 56 countries—is the one Washington seeks to dismantle while accusing the island of maintaining another network it cannot prove.
Today we analyze these three fronts and their profound connection.
First front: the 100-page report, eleven days later
The State Department’s one hundred-page report remains the official headline in Washington. Eleven days after its publication, not a single new piece of evidence has emerged to justify its continued presence.
“That document functions more as a piece of internal political wrangling in the United States than as a genuine diagnosis of Cuba.”
The report’s political function is clear: to justify maximum pressure against Cuba without the need for verifiable evidence. It doesn’t matter that the accusations are vague or that the most reputable media outlets have questioned its rigor. What matters is keeping the narrative of threat alive to maintain the internal consensus in Washington.
Even voices within the U.S. Congress have questioned its rigor. Media outlets such as Foreign Policy and The Washington Post pointed out that the document omits the historical context of decades of U.S. aggression against Cuba. But the propaganda machine doesn’t need proof; it needs to maintain the narrative.
Second front: the persistent blackout
The second front is what we experienced yesterday in our country. A fault in the 220 kV lines between Matanzas and Cienfuegos, and between Matanzas and Santa Clara, divided the National Electric System after 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, leaving Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque, Havana, and Matanzas without power.
The National Electric Union (UNE) announced the reconnection of power to the western region during the early morning hours, but this does not mean that all circuits or all areas have service restored immediately: several areas in those provinces still woke up without electricity.
“UNE itself reported ten generating units out of service this weekend, six due to breakdowns and four for maintenance, including the Guiteras plant.”
The Guiteras plant, which has accumulated twenty breakdowns so far in 2016, remains out of service. Ten generating units out of service. This is the reality facing the Cuban electrical system: an aging thermoelectric plant, without the necessary parts or fuel to operate normally.
The underlying cause remains the blockade. This is not an excuse. It is a verifiable reality: without fuel, without parts, without funding, the system operates at its limit and collapses with any unforeseen event.
Third front: the siege of medical brigades
The third front connects directly to the first. While Washington accuses Cuba of weaving an ideological network without evidence, the same administration recently announced sanctions against the Cuban Minister of Public Health and against the network that manages the medical brigades abroad.
“The network that can be named and verified, that of Cuban medical cooperation in 56 countries, is the one Washington seeks to dismantle while accusing the island of maintaining another that it cannot prove.”
The contrast is revealing: on the one hand, accusations without evidence about an ideological network; on the other, concrete sanctions against the medical cooperation network that does exist, that is verifiable, and that does benefit millions of people worldwide.
In recent weeks, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, and Guyana terminated medical agreements, some as long as 25 years old, under the same pressure. It wasn’t a sovereign decision. It was the result of Washington’s pressure on governments dependent on the United States.
“The country’s main source of foreign currency is being directly attacked.”
Cuban medical brigades not only save lives; they are one of the island’s main sources of income. Attacking them is part of the same economic strangulation strategy that includes the blockade, sanctions, and diplomatic pressure.
The connection: three fronts, one siege
Three fronts, one siege. The report without evidence, the ongoing blackout, the sanctions against the medical brigades. All are part of the same strategy of maximum pressure.
The report fabricates the ideological threat. The blockade causes the blackout. The sanctions dismantle medical cooperation. Each front reinforces the other. The ideological threat justifies the blockade. The blockade causes the blackout. The blackout fuels the narrative of collapse. Sanctions against medical brigades tighten the economic noose.
These are not isolated events. They are pieces of the same puzzle.
In closing: we start the week with this on the table.
We start the week with three open fronts. The Washington report that doesn’t hold water. The blackout that continues to plague us. The sanctions that seek to dismantle Cuban medical cooperation.
Cuba remains standing. Not because the difficulties are less, but because the response is not surrender. It is management, denunciation, transformation, resistance.
IMAGE CREDIT: Image for the hero section of Amanecer Cubano, August 3, 2026: the three fronts of the siege against Cuba.
[ SOURCE: www.cubainformacion.tv ]
