[News] 2.2 Million in Peril: Cuba’s Explosive ONU Speech Exposes Gaza Genocide and U.S. Blockade

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2.2 Million in Peril: Cuba’s Explosive ONU Speech Exposes Gaza Genocide and
U.S. Blockade
Carlos Cabrera
September 28, 2025
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Cuba’s *Gaza genocide denunciation* at the UN reveals Israel’s starvation
campaign and U.S. complicity, while condemning Washington’s economic war on
the island.

*Related: *Cuba Reaffirms Support for Western Sahara’s Self-Determination
at UN
<https://www.telesurenglish.net/cuba-reaffirms-support-for-western-saharas-self-determination-at-un/>
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*Cuba’s Explosive ONU Speech Exposes Gaza Genocide and U.S. Blockade*

At a time when silence has become complicity, *Cuba’s Gaza genocide
denunciation* at the 80th United Nations General Assembly has emerged as
one of the most powerful and unflinching condemnations of Western-backed
violence in recent memory. On September 28, 2025, Cuban Foreign Minister *Bruno
Rodríguez Parrilla* delivered a searing address from New York, exposing the
systematic starvation of 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza and drawing a
direct line between Israel’s atrocities and the decades-long U.S. economic
blockade strangling his own nation.

*“2.2 million human beings in Gaza are condemned to die of hunger,”*
Rodríguez declared, his voice echoing through the UN chamber. *“This is not
war — it is genocide, extermination, ethnic cleansing.”*

His words were not mere rhetoric. They were a moral indictment of a global
order that permits mass death under the guise of geopolitics, where vetoes
override justice and military aid flows freely to regimes accused of war
crimes.

The *Gaza genocide denunciation* by Cuba stands as a pivotal moment in
international diplomacy — a small island nation refusing to be silenced,
speaking truth to power on behalf of the world’s most oppressed.
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*Gaza Genocide Denunciation: A Call for Justice Amidst Starvation and
Impunity*

Rodríguez Parrilla’s central message was clear: what is unfolding in Gaza
is not a war zone casualty crisis — it is a *state-directed campaign of
annihilation*. He detailed how Israel, armed and financed by the United
States, has systematically destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure, cut off food,
water, medicine, and fuel, and confined its population to a narrow strip of
land with no escape.

*“The regime in Tel Aviv operates with impunity guaranteed by the
government of the United States,”* he stated, highlighting Washington’s
role in shielding Israel from accountability.

He cited the paralysis of the UN Security Council, repeatedly blocked by
the U.S. veto, which has prevented even basic ceasefire resolutions from
passing. Since October 2023, *six attempts* to demand a humanitarian truce
have been vetoed by Washington, effectively greenlighting continued
bombardment.

*No country should have the unilateral power to stop the world from saving
lives.*

Cuba’s foreign minister demanded that the General Assembly act where the
Security Council has failed. He called for the *immediate recognition of
Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations*, within its
pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and affirming the *right
of return for Palestinian refugees* — rights enshrined in international law
but long denied in practice.

*“Solidarity with Palestine is not optional — it is an obligation,”*
Rodríguez asserted.

🔗 *External Link:* UNRWA – Situation Report on Gaza
<https://www.unrwa.org/>
*Official updates on humanitarian conditions, casualties, and displacement
in Gaza.*ç
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*Cuba Under Siege: The U.S. Blockade as Economic Warfare*

While much of the world focuses on distant conflicts, Rodríguez reminded
the assembly that *Cuba itself is living under a form of slow-motion
genocide* — one carried out not with bombs, but with sanctions, embargoes,
and financial isolation.

He described the U.S. blockade as an *“unrelenting economic war”* and a *“act
of state terrorism”* designed to inflict maximum suffering on civilians.
Citing a declassified 1960 internal memo, he revealed the true objective of
U.S. policy: *“to cause hunger, desperation, and the overthrow of the
government by making life unbearable.”*

*This is not speculation — it is documented strategy.*

To illustrate the human cost, Rodríguez presented a staggering figure: *the
cost of just two months of the U.S. blockade equals $1.6 billion* — a sum
that could fully cover Cuba’s national fuel needs and end the crippling
blackouts affecting millions.

*Instead of electricity, Cubans get darkness. Instead of medicine, they get
shortages. All because of a 60-year-old embargo.*

Despite this, Rodríguez emphasized that Cuba will not surrender. *“We will
not stand idly by,”* he vowed. The island continues to send medical
brigades to 56 countries, providing doctors, nurses, and public health
expertise — even as its own hospitals face shortages due to restricted
access to equipment and supplies.

*This is the essence of Cuban internationalism: solidarity in the face of
siege.*

🔗 *External Link:* United Nations – Annual Report on the Embargo Against
Cuba <https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/79/89>
*Official UN document detailing the global impact and illegality of the
U.S. embargo.*
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*Geopolitical Context: Challenging the Imperial Order*

The *Gaza genocide denunciation* must be understood within a broader
struggle against a unipolar world order dominated by Western powers. Cuba’s
speech was not just about Palestine or its own suffering — it was a call to
dismantle a system built on double standards, militarism, and neocolonial
control.

For decades, the Global South has watched as powerful nations invoke “human
rights” to justify interventions abroad, yet remain silent when allies
commit atrocities. The U.S. funds Israel’s military campaigns while
condemning others for minor violations. It imposes crushing sanctions on
Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran, while claiming to champion freedom.

*Hypocrisy is the currency of empire.*

By linking Gaza’s devastation to Cuba’s economic blockade, Rodríguez
exposed the common thread: *both are tools of coercion used to crush
resistance to U.S. hegemony*.

Moreover, his defense of Venezuela — another frequent target of U.S.
sanctions and military threats — reinforced a growing alliance among Latin
American and Caribbean nations committed to regional sovereignty.

*From Havana to Caracas, the message is clear: we will not be intimidated.*

The fact that Cuba delivered this message at the UN — the very institution
meant to uphold multilateralism — underscores the urgency of reforming
global governance. When the Security Council is paralyzed by veto-wielding
powers, smaller nations must use every platform available to speak for the
voiceless.
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*Regional Defense: Rejecting Monroe Doctrine and Caribbean Militarization*

Rodríguez extended his critique beyond the Middle East, warning of a
dangerous escalation in the *southern Caribbean*, where the United States
has increased its naval and air presence under the pretext of combating
drug trafficking.

*“This provocative, extravagant, and unjustified military deployment is not
about drugs — it is a direct and dangerous threat of military aggression
against Venezuela,”* he declared.

He denounced the outdated *Monroe Doctrine*, which historically justified
U.S. intervention in Latin America, calling it a relic of colonial
domination. Instead, Cuba reaffirmed its *full support for President
Nicolás Maduro* and the legitimacy of his government, rejecting any attempt
to destabilize Venezuela through external pressure.

*The Caribbean is not a U.S. lake — it is a region of sovereign nations.*

Cuba also recalled the 2014 declaration by Latin American and Caribbean
states that the region should be a *Zone of Peace*, free from foreign
military bases and interventionist policies.

Yet today, that vision is under threat. The U.S. maintains a network of
military installations across the hemisphere and conducts regular exercises
near Venezuela’s borders — actions that heighten tensions and risk
miscalculation.

Rodríguez’s warning serves as a reminder: *peace in the Americas cannot
coexist with permanent war readiness.*

🔗 *External Link:* CELAC – Declaration of the Zone of Peace in Latin
America and the Caribbean <https://www.celac.int/>
*Official text of the 2014 declaration supported by Cuba and 32 other
nations.*
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*A Vision for a New International Order*

At the heart of Rodríguez’s speech was a call for transformation — not just
of policy, but of the global system itself. He argued that the United
Nations must shift its priorities from maintaining imperial privilege to
building a *new international order* based on:

✅ Equal sovereignty for all nations
✅ Representation of developing countries in global decision-making
✅ Genuine multilateralism
✅ International cooperation over confrontation
✅ An end to economic blockades and unilateral coercive measures

*“Let us aspire to a civilized coexistence,”* he said, *“where solidarity,
peace, and dialogue prevail over war and exploitation.”*

This vision challenges the current architecture of power, where a handful
of wealthy nations dominate institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and
NATO, while the Global South bears the brunt of climate change, debt, and
conflict.

Cuba’s proposal is not utopian — it is practical. By ending illegal
sanctions, respecting self-determination, and investing in human
development rather than weapons, the world can move toward lasting peace.

But it requires courage. And so far, only a few nations have the moral
clarity to speak out.
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*Truth, Not Neutrality*

>From TeleSUR’s standpoint, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla’s intervention at the
UN was more than a diplomatic statement — it was an act of *moral
leadership* in a world drowning in disinformation and cowardice.

We commend Cuba’s unwavering stance in defense of Palestinian rights and
its refusal to normalize the blockade imposed by the United States. To
equate aggressor and victim is not balance — it is betrayal.

*There is no neutrality in the face of genocide.*

The *Gaza genocide denunciation* exposes the limits of Western liberalism,
which claims to value human rights while arming those who violate them. It
also highlights the resilience of nations like Cuba, which, despite being
targeted for generations, continue to export doctors instead of weapons,
solidarity instead of sanctions.

TeleSUR will continue to amplify these voices — from Gaza to Havana — that
demand justice, dignity, and an end to imperial domination.

Because when the powerful choose silence, it falls to the courageous to
speak.
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*Conclusion: A Defiant Stand for Humanity*

Cuba’s *Gaza genocide denunciation* is a landmark moment in 21st-century
diplomacy. In one powerful address, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla connected the dots between Palestine’s agony and Cuba’s endurance,
between Israeli bombs and U.S. embargoes, between regional militarization
and global injustice.

He did not offer platitudes. He offered facts. He did not ask for pity. He
demanded justice.

And in doing so, he reminded the world that *small nations can have great
principles*.

As Gaza starves and Cuba struggles under sanctions, the international
community faces a choice: continue down the path of complicity, or rise to
fulfill the UN’s founding promise of peace, dignity, and equality for all.

Cuba has chosen its side.
Now the rest of the world must choose theirs.
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Author: JMVR

Source: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba
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