Havana, February 4th.- President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced today that the total embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba 64 years ago has transformed into a "genocidal blockade" and an economic war due to the actions of 12 U.S. administrations.
Through the social network X, the president recalled that on February 3, 1962, Democratic President John F. Kennedy "signed and made official the policy of economic encirclement of Cuba," a policy which, according to Díaz-Canel, has been turned into an instrument of extreme pressure.
"Twelve administrations from both parties have been transforming it into a #GenocidalBlockade," stated the head of state, who quoted the historic leader Fidel Castro specifying that "this is called Economic War."
The president's statement coincides with the most recent escalation of U.S. sanctions, marked by the executive order issued on January 29 by Donald Trump, which aims to block the supply of oil to the island by imposing sanctions on third countries.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez had previously described this measure as an attempt to make "humanity complicit in a terrible oil blockade" with unprecedented humanitarian consequences for the Cuban civilian population.
