In 2026, Cuba was accused of being an "extraordinary and unusual" threat to U.S. national security, of harboring terrorist organizations, and of acquiring offensive weapons, without any evidence. Even a 30-year-old incident was revived to fabricate a criminal charge against General Raúl Castro Ruz.

The permanent economic sabotage practiced by the U.S. for 67 years is now compounded by a total blockade on fuel imports and pressure on third-country companies to abandon operations on the island, forcing airlines, shipping companies, and hotel management firms to leave. Cuba has received only one oil shipment in six months and cannot conduct financial transactions.

The economic and energy siege constitutes genocide due to its humanitarian cost. Yet promoters of anti-Cuban hatred, led by Marco Rubio, pressure Trump to approve a military aggression that would bring indiscriminate death to Cubans of all ages and U.S. casualties. We could not stop the genocide in Gaza; we do not want another Gaza in Latin America.

An attack on Cuba would consolidate total impunity for U.S. fascist sectors, making military force a recurrent method in dealing with other nations. It would open a future of constant threat for all peoples. Cuba is proof that tenacity can uphold independence and sovereignty against imperialism, and that self-determination can guarantee education, health, culture, and sports as rights.

We call on governments worldwide to uphold international law, allowing Cuba to acquire fuel and all needed products through trade and global cooperation. We will not be the generation that allows fascism to impose itself on the Cuban people. It is time to defend Cuba and limit the power of what José Martí called "that turbulent and brutal North that despises us."

Signatories include:
Abraham Nuncio, Alejandro Encinas, Arnaud Duvelleroy, Atilio Boron, Camille Chalmers, Clara Scheffer, Claudio Katz, Eric Nepomuceno, Gloria La Riva, and many others from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.