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As a supporter of Cuba, you undoubtedly know that it has been U.S. policy since 1960 to alienate the Cuban people from their leadership through policies which seek “to deny money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.”
While the effects of the U.S. blockade have had a damaging effect on the Cuban economy for many years, Donald Trump has now made it much, much worse. After first seizing a tanker of Venezuelan oil headed to Cuba, Trump declared last week that “the policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat” and promised punitive measures against any country supplying oil to Cuba. This is the gravest possible threat to the Cuban people. If Trump's executive order is effective at cutting off oil supplies to Cuba, it is very likely that the long blackouts already occurring could become permanent. By targetting Cuba's electrical power, the U.S. is condemning the people to intensified suffering and death.
The Cuban government has denounced this U.S. threat in the strongest possible terms, and made clear it has no intention of surrendering to the flagrant violation of international law.
It is clear that material solidarity by organizations and independent governments must rise ever more to support Cuba. We at The Hatuey Project cannot provide oil to Cuba. But we can provide vital medical supplies, supplies which are needed now more than ever in this critical time.
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