[News] Statement of Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Executive Order of May 1st and May 7th blockade measures

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Cuban Embassy in US
@EmbaCubaUS

🇨🇺🔊The Executive Order of May 1st and the blockade measures announced 
today increase the harm to the Cuban population and reinforce the threat 
of aggression.
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Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs *

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects, in the strongest terms, the 
Executive Order issued by the White House on May 1, 2026, which 
intensifies, to extreme and unprecedented levels, the economic, 
financial and commercial blockade against Cuba.

Likewise, it condemns the decision of the United States Treasury 
Department of May 7, 2026, which added the Cuban entities Gaesa and 
MoaNickel SA to the List of Specially Designated Nationals, this being 
the first coercive measure derived from the order signed on May 1.

This is a ruthless act of economic aggression that amplifies the 
extraterritorial effects of the blockade, with the potential application 
of secondary sanctions against foreign companies, banks, and entities, 
even if their business in the United States has no connection to Cuba. 
This measure will further hinder the functioning of the national 
economy, which has already been facing the devastating effects of the 
oil blockade imposed on January 29, 2026, paralyzing fuel exports to the 
country.

Acting as the world's policeman and in blatant violation of 
international law and the fundamental principles of free trade in goods 
and services, the sovereign right of all states that have or wish to 
maintain economic, commercial, and financial relations with Cuba is 
being explicitly, blatantly, and directly attacked. The highest U.S. 
authorities, particularly the Secretary of State, are attempting to 
force the international community, through blackmail and intimidation, 
to submit to and comply with the blockade.

No country is exempt from this threat of extending genocide against the 
Cuban people, attempting to force Cuba's isolation from the 
international economic and financial scene.

We warn that this aggression against the Cuban economy and people will 
only achieve its intended destructive effect if sovereign and 
independent nations allow themselves to be intimidated and coerced by 
the United States government. We know that the world will never meekly 
accept illegal regulations, will not relinquish sovereign equality, nor 
will it leave its citizens, businesses, corporations, and financial 
institutions unprotected. The international community has historically 
opposed and condemned the genocide being perpetrated against the Cuban 
people by the United States government, a genocide that has lasted for 
almost seven decades.

We denounce the criminal nature of these aggressive measures aimed at 
starving and desperationing the entire Cuban population and attempting 
to generate a social, economic, and political catastrophe on a national 
scale. We also reject the intention of the United States government to 
create a humanitarian crisis to justify more dangerous actions, 
including military aggression against Cuba.

In all international forums, Cuba will continue to denounce the 
blockade. Likewise, we urge the international community to confront this 
onslaught, which constitutes a dangerous escalation in the United 
States' desire to exercise domination and control over Cuba's destiny, 
violating the independence and sovereignty of all states.

Havana, May 7, 2026
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