SVG Cuba Friendship Society condemns the US’ strangulation of Cuba
THE SVG CUBA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, in a release issues on February 9, 2026, said it joins its voice with those of the many civil society organizations around the world to condemn the latest attempts by the United States Government to further strangle the government of the Republic of Cuba.
The Society’s position is contained in the following statement that reads further: “We energetically reject the designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The US Department of State knows this not to be true. This designation is but a pretext to further justify the unpopular and criminal economic and financial punishment to which Cuba has been subjected since 1962.The majority of members of the United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly voted for the lifting of these unjust sanctions to be removed.
“Cuba, despite these coercive measures has shared the little it had on its plate with other poor nations around the world.This has come in the form of assistance in education, healthcare, sports and agricultural expertise.
“The Executive Order announced on January 29 was meant to ensure that no shipments of vital petroleum reaches the Cuban people. This can only be described as spiteful if not downright criminal.
“The Cuban government, in response has reiterated its call on the United States government to sit down and dialogue in the spirit of cooperation. This type cooperation had existed between both countries, even from the time the Cuban nation won its independence from Spain. It was only forced upon the Cuban nation in 1962. But there is much mutual benefit that can be gained from a peaceful relationship between these neighbouring nations.
“We therefore join the call by the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Gutierrez for the United States of America to respect the sovereignty of the Cuban state. We also join the call by Pope Leo XIV for the United States to engage in talks with the Cuban government.
“Cuba is not a state sponsor or terrorism. Cuba instead has hosted talks that led to peace between the long warring factions in Colombia. This is not supporting or proliferating terrorism by any measure.
“It is Cuba which sent its sons to Africa to help the liberation movements throw off the yoke of colonialism and exploitation and led to the defeat of apartheid at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
“That victory led to the release of Nelson Mandela, who himself had been designated a terrorist by the United States government.
“It is Cuba which, in the midst of a 64year economic and financial blockade by the United States, has shared the little it has with thousands of students from around the world and including the United States of America. Cuba has educated professionals who, in the vast majority, have returned to their countries to contribute to their development.
“It is Cuba which shared its medical and other technical expertise with developing nations around the world, including some whose economies are way more developed than Cuba’s. That is a spirit of cooperation and love.
“The rabid hatred which exists between Cubans who have chosen to live in the USA for their brothers, sisters and relatives who refuse to rise up against their own on the island, must not continue to color the relations between the great United States and Cuba.
“Attempting to strangle the Cuban economy only hurts children, women and ordinary persons on the island. There is a better way. Another approach is possible and desirable.
We appeal to the Government of the United States of America to find more lawful and meaningful ways to address their perceived differences with the Republic of Cuba. Cuba is not a threat to the USA and certainly should not be treated like an enemy.”
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