Cuba denounces new aggressive escalation by the United States and reaffirms its determination to defend its sovereignty
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At the High-Level Segment of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, denounced the establishment of a new form of dictatorship in the globalized world, marked by the philosophy of dispossession and the use of force as a daily practice by the United States, to the detriment of the international order that emerged after World War II.
The Cuban Foreign Minister warned that, beyond ideologies and political or cultural models, all nation states are now at risk from policies of aggression, interventionism, and disputes over strategic resources such as hydrocarbons, critical minerals, rare earths, water, biodiversity, and trade routes.
During his speech, Rodríguez Parrilla particularly emphasized his criticism of the use of tariffs as an instrument of aggression and the extraterritorial application of US laws, as well as the attempt to subject the world to the jurisdiction of US courts, in open violation of the sovereign equality of states and international law.
Of particular concern was the executive order issued by the US president on January 29, which imposes collective punishment on the Cuban people and deliberately seeks to provoke a humanitarian catastrophe by imposing an energy blockade on the country. “Can a great power be allowed to attempt to destroy a small, peaceful nation, subjecting its people to genocide under the crude pretext of national security?” asked the Cuban Foreign Minister, denouncing the illegal, immoral, and ruthless nature of this policy.
In the face of these threats, the Cuban people reaffirmed their firm decision to defend, with the utmost vigor, their right to self-determination, independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and constitutional order, in close unity and broad consensus.
Cuba will prevent a humanitarian crisis on its territory, even if this implies hardship and sacrifice, relying on a conscious, educated, and courageous people, its highly qualified human resources, and its solid education, health, and science systems. Cuba has arable land, water and mineral reserves, basic infrastructure, its own refining capacity, and produces almost half of the crude oil it consumes, in addition to an expanding program of investment in solar energy.
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the High-Level Segment of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council.
