During the gathering held in front of the Embassy of Havana in the Mexican capital, Melina González of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba asserted that the Caribbean nation faces a brutal and systematic offensive of an economic, financial, and energetic nature.

In the organization's view, the executive order issued in January by U.S. President Donald Trump—which threatens to impose tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba—deepens the blockade imposed on the largest of the Antilles for over six decades.

This constitutes, she denounced, a collective punishment against a nation that has chosen to exercise its right to self-determination, as well as "a flagrant violation of international law and human rights" that "must be classified as what it is: genocide."

Faced with this aggression, the Movement respectfully urged the Government of Mexico to maintain and deepen its solidary support for the largest of the Antilles, including humanitarian aid and oil shipments as a concrete action of resistance against the attempted suffocation.

Reading a statement on behalf the Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico José Martí, Ivón Guerra pointed out that the decree signed by Trump represents an unprecedented escalation and stated "loud and clear" that the Caribbean nation is not a threat to anyone, but rather a peaceful people.

Before the "onslaught that seeks to leave Cuba without energy for its hospitals, without fuel for its ambulances, without resources to bring food to the family table," she noted that solidarity among peoples stands as the most powerful antidote against the blockade.

She highlighted the shipment by the Government of Mexico of 814 tons of material aid to the island and the call made by the Association and Va por Cuba to collect food and medicines destined for that country in a multi-day initiative to which even attendees at this Sunday's gathering contributed.

Cuba's ambassador to Mexico, Eugenio Martínez, asserted that for the island "there is only one path: resistance and victory," and defined as criminal the "shameful, illegal, and unjust" executive order signed by the Republican.

"Our people are suffering what a people can suffer when they are denied access to fossil fuels. A people who suffer that only resists because of the convictions ours has and because of the support of people like you, of our brothers and sisters around the world," he expressed.

He thanked those present not only for the solidarity manifested at this Sunday's gathering but also for the material donations, which he assured would reach the population of the largest of the Antilles, while reaffirming that Cuba has chosen socialism as its only option.

Various organizations, including the Communist Party of Mexico and the Mexican Electricians Union, also attended the activity, at the end of which attendees presented a white rose to members of the Embassy as a sign of friendship.