“Cuba Does Not Threaten the U.S. Nor Does It Pose Any Threat to the U.S.”

Statements by Deputy Minister Josefina Vidal during the Parliamentary Hearing of the National Assembly of People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba. May 28, 2026 from Havana

The aggression against Cuba is not about to materialize. It is not the danger of a possible future, but rather an act that is already in full swing.

It has been so for many years, in one way or another.

Its fundamental component is economic aggression, involving the most comprehensive and prolonged coercive system humanity has ever known, which has been imposed by the United States government against several generations of Cubans.

This aggression has escalated exponentially this year and continues to intensify.

The economic war imposed for more than six decades has intensified in an unprecedented manner in recent months, with the adoption of increasingly aggressive and ruthless measures.

The brutal energy blockade, now in place for more than five months, remains intact, with devastating consequences for the functioning of the country and the lives of our people.

Further reprisals are being announced, now with the imposition of so-called secondary sanctions against foreign individuals and entities that have conducted or are currently conducting business with Cuba, without these entities receiving the necessary support or protection from their respective governments in the face of such a blatant display of extraterritoriality.

These new and illegal coercive measures are intended to strangle the Cuban economy and completely cut it off from external sources of financing, foreign investment, and supplies of basic and essential goods for subsistence.

The cost to the economy and the functioning of the country is immense and pervasive. It manifests itself in damage to electricity generation, public transportation, hospital services, industry, food production, the transport and distribution of supplies for public consumption, the supply of drinking water, and community services—that is, practically every sphere of life in the country.

This is an aggressive, coldly calculated plan against a country with scarce natural resources that has been subjected for nearly 70 years to an economic blockade limiting access to foreign exchange earnings, external financing, markets, and technology. It is a plan to force an induced humanitarian crisis.

On the other hand, new pretexts against Cuba are constantly being fabricated, designed to justify the collective punishment to which the Cuban people are being subjected, as well as an armed and irresponsible action against the country.

The crude and fraudulent accusation against the leader of the Revolution, Raúl Castro—which lacks any legal or moral basis and is suspiciously and opportunistically grounded in an event from 30 years ago, for which the U.S. government bears full responsibility—is the most recent and crude pretext.

It joins a long list of falsehoods deliberately constructed to portray Cuba as a threat it is not, as a failed state it has never been, and with which they seek to divert attention from the direct and fundamental responsibility of U.S. policy and the destructive effect of its aggression on the sustained deterioration and worsening of the living conditions of the Cuban people.

Cuba does not threaten, nor does it pose any threat to the U.S., its national security, its system of government, or its way of life.

There are no foreign bases in Cuba, nor are there foreign forces acting against the U.S. from our territory.

It is immoral to argue that the danger of a humanitarian crisis could become a threat justifying military aggression or economic war, when it is known that this crisis is being provoked precisely by the U.S. government itself. It is cynical to claim that this crisis results from the alleged incompetence of the Cuban government or from flaws inherent in our economic model.

With increasing frequency, the U.S. government is issuing threats that reflect a clear intention to once again impose its control over Cuba’s destiny, as it did for 60 years in the last century, when it exercised total neocolonial domination over our country.

All of this is combined with an intense communications and cognitive war aimed at discrediting the Cuban government and blaming it for the critical situation the country is facing—a situation that has been fostered by successive U.S. administrations.

From political circles, digital platforms, and the mainstream press, statements, analyses, and assessments are issued that reflect growing coordination and complicity with the U.S. government’s efforts to try to normalize the idea of aggression and have it accepted by U.S. and international public opinion.

The danger of military aggression against Cuba grows every day.

There is no excuse whatsoever that could justify military aggression against our country, which would undoubtedly result in destruction and the deaths of Cubans and Americans.

Cuba does not want a conflict. We are and have always been a country of peace and solidarity, one that has fostered relations of respect and friendship with other countries and the peoples of the world, including the people of the U.S.

As Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Party’s Central Committee and President of the Republic, recently stated, “We are a country of peace. We do not promote war; we do not like war; we foster solidarity and cooperation among peoples, but we are prepared to defend the peace we desire.”

We want peace, but not a peace without sovereignty, without independence, in which Cubans are not the masters of the national wealth, in which the country is subjected to the tutelage of the U.S. government, and the economy returns to a relationship of dependence on the U.S. economy.

We do not accept that kind of peace.

If we were to be attacked, if a war we do not want were imposed upon us, we would face it with determination and preparedness, resolutely committed to defending our sovereignty and independence at any cost.

We have been and remain willing to engage in dialogue with the U.S. government to find understanding and solutions to bilateral issues. Not so that it interferes in our internal affairs; not so that the U.S. seeks to define what Cuba’s constitutional order should be, or who can and cannot govern; not so that the U.S. seeks to determine what the country’s economic model should be; not so that the U.S. attempts to impose a relationship of dependency; not so that the U.S. attempts to dominate Cuba’s destiny through pressure, coercion, and the threat of military aggression.

We hope that the path of dialogue will prevail at this time, when the aggressive actions the U.S. government is taking against Cuba cast doubt on the seriousness and responsibility with which it is approaching this process.

We believe that the international community cannot stand idly by while an entire people is deprived of its means of livelihood, while an entire population continues to be punished for reasons of domination, and while a country is threatened militarily without any justification.

We know that Cuba is not alone in this battle. We are witnesses to the countless expressions of solidarity and support—many in the form of valuable material aid—that our country has received from governments, parliaments, political forces, prominent figures, non-governmental organizations from the most diverse social sectors, Cubans living abroad, solidarity groups, individuals, and international organizations, to whom we reiterate the deepest gratitude of the Cuban people.

In the face of the U.S. onslaught against Cuba, its government’s total disregard for international law and the most basic norms of coexistence among nations, the international community must reaffirm its solidarity with Cuba at this critical moment when grave dangers loom over the Cuban nation.

As our National Hero José Martí declared when warning of the dangers of the expansionism of nascent U.S. imperialism over Our America, “whoever stands with Cuba today stands for all time.”

Onward to Victory Always!

Source: Cuba en Resumen