We live in an era of global tensions where conflicts have transcended traditional battlefields. Today, the struggle is being waged on two main fronts: the control of economic resources—through subjugation and strangulation—and, even more decisively, the realm of ideas. The latter seeks to colonize people’s minds, sowing fear and despair, and suppressing logical reasoning until truth is confused with falsehood. The objective is clear: whoever controls an individual’s thoughts, controls them completely.
This scenario is not new. As early as November 17, 2005, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz warned about these strategies in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana. Two decades later, the US administration has taken a dangerous step: the recent Executive Order signed on January 29, 2026, declaring a “National Emergency” and imposing sanctions on any country that supplies oil to Cuba. This measure is not an isolated event; it is the tip of an iceberg designed to escalate aggression against the island.
The pretexts used — that Cuba constitutes a “malign threat,” promotes destabilization, or maintains hostile international ties — are baseless. The US security establishment itself knows that Cuba does not represent a danger to its national security. Its military is defensive, its foreign policy is based on multilateralism and solidarity, and it has never promoted aggressive actions against the United States. If real evidence existed, it would have already been presented. The lack of evidence exposes the falsity of these accusations.
What does exist is a reinforced economic blockade, an undeclared war that seeks the slow extermination of a people. As Gandhi warned, economic warfare is a prolonged form of torture, whose ravages are just as terrible as those of armed conflict. Today, children, the elderly, and the sick in Cuba suffer from shortages of medicine, medical equipment, and fuel due to these sanctions. It is, in essence, an act of genocide.
This Executive Order not only attacks Cuba but also dictates to third countries how they should interact with the island, violating its sovereignty. If allowed, it will set a dangerous precedent for the international order.
In the face of this, Cuba maintains its willingness to engage in dialogue—always on equal terms—and its right to freely engage with other nations. The majority of Cubans have ratified their political and social system in successive constitutional processes, a system that today includes the recognition of private property and a process of economic modernization, whose main obstacle is precisely the blockade.
The final battle, however, is not decided on the economic or military front, but in the mind. If we lose our conviction, if we give in to fear or despair, we will have lost everything. History shows that the path of surrender brings not happiness, but humiliation and suffering. As Fidel warned, the worst enemy is not external, but internal doubt. Today, more than ever, victory depends on believing in our capacity to resist, create, and overcome.
[ SOURCE: Cwerco of Cuba ]
