New Delhi: US should withdraw its inhuman and criminal embargo it imposed on Cuba for 60 years now, said CPI(M) and CPI in a joint statement. Cuba is currently facing problems arising from US sanctions. A section of people are protesting in the streets against prevalent conditions. Both, the government and the Communist Party have held talks with the protesters.
US is trying to support the protests and gain leverage from the financial distress caused by its own trade embargo and the pandemic, as it looks to destabilize the deeply socialist country. US is utilizing social media platforms to turn the Cuban people against their government. It is deplorable that US interferes with Cuba’s internal affairs. America is also on way to toughening sanctions further, apart from continuing the 243 created by Trump.
Owing to the sanctions, Cuba is unable to import food items, life-saving medical equipment and raw materials required for manufacturing vaccines. Despite the distress, Cuba is producing its own vaccines and helping other countries too. CPI(M) and CPI proclaimed their solidarity for Cuba. Everybody should stand by the people of Cuba and its people in their fight to preserve the country’s sovereignty , urged the General Secretaries Sitaram Yechury and D. Raja.
