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*Cuba Is Not a Failed State – It Is a Besieged State*
*We Need to Build a Unified Resistance to Sanctions and War.*
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Emergency Actions*
The statement below is a response to the ongoing blockade against Cuba and
the propaganda derived from it. We hope you will endorse this statement,
but we also hope you will commit to emergency actions if the Trump
Administration follows through with their threats to invade Cuba.
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At this critical junction in world history when the Cuban Revolution is
being threatened by US hegemon, it is essential to come to its
defense. Cuba is the hope of humanity.
Havana Hospital
We defend Cuba by combating the intentionally negative stereotyping of a
failed state. The problems Cuba faces under blockade conditions should not
be portrayed in such alarmist ways that it reinforces Washington’s
propaganda. We need to combat this defeatist approach.
*Cuba is being sanctioned for the crime of being a good example*
That Washington continues to intensify its six-decade campaign against the
Cuban Revolution testifies to the island’s resilience and strength.
Washington’s regime-change campaign has taken a heavy toll. *Responsible
Statecraft* *describes*
<
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/lebanon-talks-trump-israel/> US policy
as “*bent on breaking the island*.” *The Guardian* *reports*
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/07/rubbish-health-cuba-us-oil-blockade-waste-collection-fuel-crisis-havana>
“an
epidemic of flies, rats, waste and foul odors.”
These accounts portray Cuban hardship but intentionally overlook Cuban
social achievements. Even statements from Congressional leaders advocating
for an end to the blockade by focusing on the crisis it has created, can
feed into Washington’s self-serving *narrative*
<
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-cuba-is-seeking-help-will-hold-talks-2026-05-12/>
that
Cuba is a “*failed nation*.”
When descriptions of the humanitarian crisis caused by the escalated
blockade do not question the ideological assumption that accepts capitalism
as the natural state of humanity, they can be used to depict socialism as
an abortive failed experiment.
This is why solidarity activists must take special care to highlight the
incredible achievements of Cuba, even under blockade conditions, all while
waging an active campaign against the sanctions and gathering supplies to
take to the island in solidarity.
*Doing so much with so little*
The Center for Economic and Policy Research *documents*
<
https://cepr.net/publications/us-sanctions-and-the-sharp-rise-in-infant-mortality-in-cuba/#fn18>
a
dramatic increase in infant mortality from 4.9, now rising to 9.9 per 1,000
live births, attributable to deteriorating living conditions caused by the
US economic war.
Yet, even under this intentional strangulation, Cuba’s infant mortality
rate remains among the *lowest in the region*
<
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN>. Cuba has free
public, personalized healthcare for every Cuban from birth and throughout
life.
Surrounding countries that are not facing any U.S. sanctions but are forced
to survive under capitalist relations have consistently higher infant
mortality rates. Panama (11), Dominican Republic (16), El Salvador (12),
Honduras (15), Guatemala (20), Jamaica (12), Haiti (45-50).
*Most stunning is that Cuba’s infant mortality figures under a ruthless
blockade are still lower than for African Americans in the U.S. (10.9).*
*This reflects the demonstrated success of Cuba’s social medicine model,
even under the most challenging of circumstances.*
*Using Cuba’s example of people-centered healthcare, Nicaragua dramatically
reduced their infant mortality from 29 deaths per thousand in 2005 under a
right-wing, pro U.S. government to 9 under the Sandinistas and with the
assistance of Cuban doctors.*
*This is why the Trump administration is determined to block Cuban medical
staff from providing medical care in the Caribbean. A dozen countries have
acquiesced to demands from the U.S. to end medical agreements with Cuba.*
- *Sign On*
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your
Emergency Action*
*Cuba’s medical staff focuses heavily on underserved areas in Latin
America, the Caribbean, and Africa. They provide more doctors and medical
staff than the World Health Organization and most western nations combined.
The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking”
– but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South.*
*Cuba is not alone, as it receives significant solidarity aid from allied
states. China, for example, is helping address Cuba’s fossil fuel
dependency by supplying 49 solar farms (20% of all its energy needs) and
fleets of electric buses, cars, and scooters. Our solidarity movement
should highlight and encourage such international cooperation.*
*Among Cuba’s public health achievements are its international medical
brigades, excellence in advanced research, response to the pandemic,
service to underserved populations, south-south cooperation initiatives,
and the world’s highest doctor-to-patient ratios.*
*The Cuban socialist model has also produced notable successes in sports
and public education.*
*Writing from Cuba, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio defended the country’s
accomplishments over the past decade despite the “intense economic war,”
including:*
- *sustaining the national electrical system while expanding renewable
energy*
- *strengthening telecommunications and expanding internet access*
- *supporting vulnerable populations through food cultivation*
- *improving water infrastructure in underserved communities*
- *developing COVID vaccines and other medicines*
- *expanding domestic industry including the assembly of electric
vehicles*
*For a small, natural resource-poor island, Cuba has achieved so much with
so little and under such extraordinarily adverse conditions. The nation
asks only that the jackboot of imperialism be lifted so that it may truly
flourish.*
*International people’s solidarity must not allow these incredible
achievements to be overlooked as we advocate for relief from the cruel
blockade. We should describe this crisis the same way that the Cuban
leadership describes it – acknowledging the harms of US imperialism,
but always stressing the achievements of the Cuban revolution and the power
of solidarity and cooperation.*
*¡Venceremos!*
*Leading Organizers from the Following Organizations support this Cuba
statement and the Call to Action. *
*United National Antiwar Coalition, Cuba Si NY/NJ, International US-Cuba
Normalization Conference, Venezuela Solidarity Network, US Peace Council,
Alliance for Global Justice, SanctionsKill! Campaign, Resist U.S. Led War
Movement, Black Alliance for Peace, International League of Peoples
Struggles, Americas Without Sanctions, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Nicaragua
Solidarity Coalition, Task Force on the Americas, International Action
Center, Veterans For Peace, Code Pink NY, National Lawyers Guild, Anti War
Action Network, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Socialist Action,
Bronx Antiwar, Compas de la Diaspora, Struggle for Socialism Party, Alberto
Lovera Bolivarian Circle, Diaspora Pa’lante Collective, Workers World
Party, (This statement was initiated by the **SanctionsKill Campaign*
<
https://sanctionskill.org/>
*.) **Add your support and help to circulate this statement.*
*Boycott the World Cup*
*Boycott the U.S.*
U.S. officials have chosen to operate outside the bounds of law and basic
morality — from supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and illegal settlement
expansion in the West Bank, to launching a direct military strike on
Venezuela and kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, to
escalating repression against migrants and racialized communities inside
the U.S. itself that has even led to murder, their unprovoked attack on
Iran massive blockade of Cuba. These are not isolated policies, but
interconnected expressions of an empire that uses violence in the U.S. and
abroad to enforce its dominance.
The Anti-Fascist Football Coalition, comprised of key organizations in the
countries hosting the World Cup 2026 (Canada, Mexico, US), are
collaborating to implement shared objectives, strategies, and tactics in
two phases to Boycott the World Cup and Boycott the U.S.
*Endorse the Anti-Fascist Football Coalition’s Campaign to Move the World
Cup from the U.S.* <
http://bit.ly/EndorseNow>
For more information:
https://peoplescenteredhumanrights.com/move-the-games/
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friends*
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