The US Blockade Against Cuba Is an Act of War

TOPSHOT – Cubans drive past the US embassy during a rally calling for the end of the US blockade against Cuba, in Havana, March 28, 2021. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

BYHELEN YAFFE

On February 25, a top official in Joe Biden’s administration said US sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine were also intended to hit Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. That month marked the sixtieth anniversary of the US blockade of Cuba, introduced in February 1962 by President John F. Kennedy’s Embargo on All Trade with Cuba. The embargo of Cuba constitutes the longest and most comprehensive set of sanctions in modern history. It is not merely a legal or a bilateral issue, as proponents claim. It is a key instrument in the US toolkit to pursue regime change on the island. It is an act of war, a violation of human rights designed to obstruct Cuban development, to undermine its example as a revolutionary alternative, and to intentionally cause suffering among the Cuban people.

La solidaridad con Cuba volvió a ser clamor mundial (Video)

«Gracias compatriotas en la emigración, amigos de todas las nacionalidades. La pelea por lo justo nos une». Este mensaje en Twitter, de hace un año, del Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, encontró eco este fin de semana, cuando desde diferentes puntos del planeta la solidaridad con la Mayor de las Antillas volvió a ser clamor mundial.