Threats Against Cuba Continue
Featured image: USS Billings in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Source: Gema Miranda
Yankee imperialism has increased its threats against Cuba by deploying two war ships to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
The deployment of both warships – USS Billings (LCS-15) and USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) – constitute a new threat of Yankee imperialism against the island. The USS Billings will remain on the island with the goal of participating in “Washington’s Current and Future Maritime Operations,” according to media. However, USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul will participate in the military exercise UNTIAS 2026, the biggest of the American continent, where other countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador will participate as part of the US campaign to increase militarization of Latin America.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced new economical sanctions to companies “exploiting Cuba’s natural resources or energy reserves for the benefit of the regime”. Among these companies, there are some linked to the Cuban army, and are specifically involved in the purchase, reparation and modernization of weaponry from Russia and China. Other sanctions were imposed against key energy companies on the island. According to some sources, these sanctions “seek to put Cuba’s critical machinery out of service and aggravate its energy crisis,” increasingly worsening the living conditions of the Cuban people to fulfill Yankee imperialist goals in the region.
The Cuban government has implemented changes to the law to facilitate commercial licensing, which will allow the creation of companies and the increase of private capital. Additionally, companies operating in Cuba will be permitted to use of foreign currency.
These actions take place amidst the increase of attacks by Yankee imperialism against Cuban sovereignty, which since several months ago have been facing increasing repressive measures by the sole hegemonic superpower, seeking to make “economic, political and leadership changes,” as we have previously reported.
