Foreign Governments Have No Right to Threaten Cuba, Economic Society Denounces

The Economic Society of Friends of the Country (SEAP) reiterates that Cuba is a sovereign and independent nation and that no foreign government has any right whatsoever to threaten it by force, much less demand anything at all from Cubans regarding their government and national or international legal system.

A declaration from its Permanent Commission on International Relations describes as an excessive aggression the campaign that the current U.S. administration has undertaken in recent months to strangle Cuba through the reinforcement of the illegal blockade now in place for more than six decades.

The declaration warns that the imposition of aggressive, arbitrary measures—contrary to international law and the national laws of both countries—aims to return the Cuban State to a relationship of vassalage.

"Cuba has amply demonstrated its independence and sovereignty in the exercise of its international relations, especially within the framework of international solidarity among peoples, without aggressing anyone and contributing to economic and social development efforts through countless examples of South-South and North-South cooperation projects and programs," the statement reads.

It recalls that Cuba has been a constant victim of the blockade imposed and reinforced to its current extremes by successive U.S. governments. Additionally, the country has suffered repeated, equally illegal aggressions promoted through terrorist agents trained, financed, and equipped in the United States.

Nevertheless, the declaration notes that thanks to Cuba's principled international relations and solidarity, it enjoys the support of the vast majority of peoples and nations around the world, and therefore, it is not alone.

This support has been evident, the organization argues, in more than 30 years of votes in the United Nations General Assembly, which have been overwhelmingly in favor of the demand to end the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by U.S. administrations—now more aggressive, abusive, and criminal than ever.

In keeping with the tradition of generations of struggle, Cuba has defended itself, continues to defend itself, and will defend itself against any aggression. The country reiterates its international denunciation of these events and the abuse inflicted upon its people, governed by the inalienable principle of defending its sovereignty and independence at any cost.

SEAP was founded in Havana in 1793 as the first society dedicated to promoting knowledge and its application to the economic and social development of the Cuban nation and people.