We Condemn U.S. Government’s Latest Sanctions On The President Of Cuba And Other State Officials

The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace, Friendship and Solidarity (HCIF-PFS) notes the US government’s baseless sanctions on Cuba and foreign government officials who refuse to become subservient to imperialism. In its latest in a series of unending escalatory attacks aiming to destabilise Cuba, the Trump’s administration in Washington announced on Friday, 11th July, 2025 sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, as well as the country's Defence and Interior Ministers. Washington claimed it action was in response to what it said, for the deadly crackdown on protests in 2021.

These baseless and unilateral sanctions that shift blame and scapegoat Cuba on the basis of spurious allegations, must be viewed here as a stain on humanity’s collective conscience, and they violate United Nations Charter and principles of international law. They constitute also flagrant breach of the sovereignty, independence and freedom of peoples and nations. Such threats and coercive measures are an attempt to silence growing international criticism and scrutiny of US genocidal policies against the Palestinian people.

The Trump administration is now scapegoating Cuba to save its face in the civilized international community, which has denounced US hypocrisy and double standards in the practice of human rights. This tactic will not work, and Cuba will not be silenced. The sane world will not stop speaking out against the US government’s complicity in the ongoing genocide campaign and crimes against humanity in Palestine.

In our view, this latest attacks on Cuba are only a violation of the rights that US claims to uphold. The illicit and immoral sanctions are meant to obstruct the peace, stability and development of Cuba, since the 62-year criminal blockade has failed to achieve its original goal of destabilizing the 1st January, 1959 revolution, led by the all-time revolutionary icon, Fidel Castro (May peace be unto him).

The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace, Friendship and Solidarity, through this public statement deplores, in letter and spirit, these illicit, unilateral and baseless sanctions, and urges the US to rather, direct sanctions on the Israeli leadership for the heinous crimes and crime against humanity unleashed in Palestine. We support Cuba’s government ongoing efforts, in working with like-minded international partners to seek an end to US blockade.

Concluding, we call on the civilized international community, especially Cuba’s allies who share the same fundamental universal values and principles of freedom, friendship and solidarity, to redouble their efforts and unite in defending truth against injustice, and standing up to US imperialism.

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