Socialist Alliance: Hands off Cuba! End the US blockade! |
The Socialist Alliance strongly condemns the United States government’s latest threats against Cuba and stands in solidarity with the Cuban people resisting US imperialism.
US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order declaring a national emergency due to the “unusual and extraordinary” threat the Cuban government supposedly poses to US security and foreign policy. The order announced that the US would impose tariffs on goods from any countries that, directly or indirectly, sell or provide oil to Cuba.
Since its imperialist attacks on Venezuela, the US has blocked all Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba.
Trump is also pressuring the Mexican government, Cuba’s primary oil supplier, to halt shipments to the country. Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex has already cancelled a shipment planned for this month.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has warned that Trump’s executive order “could........