Washington's plans to suffocate the Caribbean nation and force regime change through intensified economic pressure "will fail" outright, assured Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío during an appearance on the podcast Breaking Points.

Washington’s deliberate intent is to pressure the population to the point of threatening "a humanitarian crisis" and forcing artificial discontent against the State, asserted the diplomat, who firmly warned that this aggression is not going to make the government collapse, nor will it lead authorities in Cuba to say, "ok, we surrender our sovereignty and tell the U.S. government to come and do whatever it wants."

Fernández de Cossío maintained that U.S. policy worsens living conditions, but it will not bend Cuban sovereignty. He stated that Cuba is moving forward with economic reforms that expand the role of the market, the private sector, and investment opportunities, describing this process as the most profound transformation since the 1960s.

Regarding the possibility that Washington might attempt to execute a strategy in Cuba similar to the one described concerning Venezuela, he replied, "they will try and they will fail."

The U.S. blockade has directly impacted daily life. According to the Deputy Foreign Minister, many Cubans face barely two or three hours of electricity a day, along with difficulties regarding water supply, transportation, and hospital services. He warned of critical situations in operating rooms and with newborns relying on life support.

"Dealing with the heat, especially in the summer, when you only have two or three hours of electricity, then you can spend weeks without a water supply because, as a result of the lack of power or electricity, water isn't pumped," the official lamented.

He explained that U.S. restrictions severely affect fuel imports and hinder the acquisition of solar panels originating from China, as Washington "refuses to sell them to Cuba" in order to curb the transition toward renewable sources.

He characterized U.S. announcements of humanitarian assistance as a simple public relations strategy, pointing out that they cover a minuscule fraction and deliberately exclude essential supplies such as powdered milk and medicines, which are basic necessities in Cuba.

Faced with this situation, the highest authorities of the island have repeatedly denounced this framework of restrictions as a collective punishment that violates international law and undermines the human rights of the population. They stressed that Washington’s objective is not to foster democratic change, but rather to impose regime change through systematic suffocation and the suffering of its citizens.