Trump intensifies US aggression against Cuba
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 28th June 2017, Nicosia
The recent announcement by US President Dοnald Trump on American policy towards Cuba signals a new intensification of US aggression and subversive action against the Island of the Revolution. The US are unilaterally canceling the process of normalizing bilateral relations that began two years ago. Permits to American citizens traveling to Cuba are being restricted again. Bans on bilateral economic and trade relations are growing. Fierce anti-communist rhetoric and open subversion actions are escalating.
Of course, neither did Barack Obama move to end the blockade of Cuba as demanded by the United Nations General Assembly every year with an overwhelming majority. Nonetheless, Cuba, having clarified that socialism is not under any negotiation, welcomed the steps at rapprochement taken by the US and the decision of the US to respond to the calls for dialogue in order to find a peaceful resolution to their differences. Today, President Trump is returning to the policy of open aggression and the refusal to even verbally respect Cuba’s sovereignty and the right of its people to determine its own future. It constitutes, however, a blatant provocation that the United States, in particular the current US President, wants to give lessons to other countries on the issues of democracy and respect for human rights.
AKEL joins its voice with all the forces around the world who are denouncing the policy announced by Donald Trump and stands on the side of Cuba for the termination of the American economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. The events that will be taking place in Cyprus in the coming weeks – on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Aleida Guevara, daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara, to our country – are an opportunity to send out a strong message denouncing US policy and expressing solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban Revolution.
