The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba rejected today, in the strongest possible terms, the Executive Order issued on May 1 by the White House, which intensifies the economic, financial, and commercial blockade against the island.

In a statement, the Caribbean nation’s foreign ministry also condemned the U.S. Department of the Treasury's decision this Thursday to add the Cuban entities GAESA and MoaNickel S.A. to the Specially Designated Nationals List, marking the first coercive measure derived from the aforementioned hostile policy.

According to the message, this represents an act of ruthless economic aggression that multiplies the extraterritorial effects of the blockade through the potential application of secondary sanctions against foreign companies, banks, and entities, even if their business in the United States is unrelated to Cuba. The measure, the statement adds, will further hinder the functioning of the national economy, which has already faced the disastrous effects of an oil blockade imposed on January 29, 2026, that paralyzed fuel exports to the country.

For Minrex, acting as a global gendarme and in frank violation of International Law and the elementary norms of free trade, the U.S. is explicitly and directly attacking the sovereign authority of all states that maintain or wish to maintain economic, commercial, and financial relations with Cuba. Specifically, it mentions that high-ranking American authorities, particularly Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are attempting to force the international community to submit to the blockade through blackmail and intimidation.

"No country is exempt from this threat to extend the genocide against the Cuban people, attempting to force the isolation of Cuba from the international economic and financial stage," the document emphasizes. In this regard, it warns that this aggression against the Cuban economy and people would only achieve its intended destructive effect if sovereign and independent nations allow themselves to be cowed and intimidated by the U.S. government.

The text recalls that the international community historically opposes and condemns the genocide committed against the people of Cuba by the United States government for nearly seven decades. It denounces the criminal nature of these aggressive measures aimed at inducing hunger and despair among the Cuban population to generate a national-scale social, economic, and political catastrophe.

Furthermore, it repudiates the U.S. government's intention to construct a humanitarian crisis scenario to justify more dangerous actions, including military aggression against the island.

"Cuba will continue to denounce the blockade. In the same way, we urge the international community to confront this onslaught, which constitutes a dangerous escalation in the American desire to exercise dominance and control the destinies of Cuba, transgressing the independence and sovereignty of all States," the statement concludes.