By Patricio Montesinos on March 26, 2026
Contrary to its aim of suffocating and isolating Cuba, the U.S. regime, with its current aggressive policy, has succeeded in multiplying international solidarity toward the Caribbean island, as well as the resilience and unity of its people.
It is true that Washington’s prolonged economic, commercial, and financial siege—intensified earlier this year with an energy blockade—has forced the largest island of the Antilles to face a serious crisis affecting all sectors of society.
But this conduct by the Trump administration has simultaneously intensified, much to its chagrin, global solidarity and support for the oldest archipelago in the Caribbean.
Examples are numerous, including the recent visit of more than 650 friends from five continents who arrived in Havana with humanitarian aid on the so-called Convoy and Flotilla Nuestra América, coming from Europe and Mexico, respectively.
Likewise, several ships from the Mexican navy have arrived in Cuba with donations from the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum and her compatriots.
Solidarity with the island extends across the entire world, from where material aid arrives, while at the same time demonstrations are held against the blockade and the constant attacks by the U.S.
Washington does not learn, and once again stumbles over the same stone, because with its failed policy of destroying the Cuban Revolution, all it has ever achieved is to make it more indestructible.
They also forget, with their threats of possible military intervention, that the people of the Caribbean archipelago dealt the U.S. its first defeat in Latin America in the face of the mercenary invasion at Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs) in 1961, and maintained a firm stance during the so-called October or Missile Crisis in 1962.
They really have a very short memory. They do not recall Cuba’s military victory against the South Africans, which led to the end of apartheid in that country, the total liberation of Angola, and the independence of Namibia.
Nor do they recall that the largest of the Antilles has been and remains ready to face a potential imperialist onslaught.
That preparation for its defense is part of the strategy of the War of the Whole People created by the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, in the face of continuous threats from the U.S.
It is worth advising Washington that Cuba is Cuba, and it is unlike any other. It has made this clear on repeated occasions since January 1, 1959.
Source Network in Defense of Humanity (REDH) translation Resumen Latinoamericano – US