Havana slams new Trump sanctions as ‘collective punishment’ of Cuban people
Key takeaways
- The Cuban government has firmly rejected the recent sanctions levied by US President Donald Trump.
- “While the US government represses its own people in the streets, it seeks to punish ours, who are heroically resisting the US imperialism’s attacks,” the foreign minister said.
- The Cuban minister’s remarks came hours after the White House signalled a further hardening of its policy towards the Caribbean island.
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The Cuban government has firmly rejected the recent sanctions levied by US President Donald Trump.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo People march while holding a giant Cuban national flag during a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba, on Friday [Claudia Daut/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026The Cuban government has firmly rejected new sanctions levied by United States President Donald Trump, calling them “unilateral coercive measures” intended to impose “collective punishment on the Cuban people”.
In a post on social media on Friday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that “these measures are extraterritorial in nature and violate the United Nations Charter”, while further asserting that the US “has no right whatsoever to impose measures against Cuba or against third countries or entities”.