The Communist Party USA condemns in the strongest possible terms the Trump regime’s executive order of January 29, 2026 — a cruel and illegal escalation of the 65-year economic war against Cuba. By declaring a fraudulent “national emergency” to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies, U.S. imperialism has reached a new level of barbarism. The regime continues its collective punishment and asphyxiation of an entire people. We stand in unwavering solidarity with the Cuban people, the Communist Party of Cuba, and their revolutionary government.
The order justifies this act of economic terrorism with a familiar list of lies and slanders. It cynically labels Cuba, a nation dedicated to peace and international solidarity, as a “malign influence” and a national security threat. This is the height of imperialist hypocrisy. The true threat to regional stability is the government of the United States, which has sought to dominate the world and strip nations of their resources and sovereignty. The accusation that Cuba “supports terrorism” is a particularly vile slander, used solely to justify the inhuman blockade that itself constitutes an act of economic terrorism. The U.S. government, with its long history of launching wars and supporting dictators, has zero moral authority to lecture Cuba on human rights or democracy.
This fuel blockade is a weapon used by imperialism to inflict maximum suffering on the Cuban population. It seeks to manufacture “extreme living conditions” in a desperate and failing attempt to break the revolutionary spirit of the Cuban people. The Trump regime’s claim to support the “Cuban people’s aspirations for freedom” while systematically starving them of energy, medicine, and food is the definition of hypocrisy and cruelty.
Despite six decades of this unrelenting blockade and punishment for exercising national sovereignty, the Cuban people have built a society of profound dignity, guaranteeing healthcare and education as human rights. Their resilience is an inspiration to the international working class. The Communist Party USA denounces the U.S. imperialist policy of blackmailing other countries to join this illegal blockade, and we see it as part of the broader, dangerous fascistic threat in the U.S.
We demand the immediate and unconditional rescinding of this executive order, the full lifting of the economic blockade, and Cuba’s removal from the fabricated “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list. We pledge to continue mobilizing the working class and peace-loving people of the United States to fight this criminal, fascistic policy and regime.
End the Blockade Now!
Let Cuba Live!
¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
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The Communist Party USA is a revolutionary working-class political party founded in 1919 in Chicago, IL.
The Communist Party stands for the interests of the American working class and the American people. It stands for our interests in both the present and the future. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. We work in coalition with the labor movement, the peace movement, the student movement, organizations fighting for equality and social justice, the environmental movement, immigrants rights groups and the health care for all campaign.
But to win a better life for working families, we believe that we must go further. We believe that the American people can replace capitalism with a system that puts people before profit — socialism.
We are rooted in our country's revolutionary history and its struggles for democracy. We call for "Bill of Rights" socialism, guaranteeing full individual freedoms.
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