The Los Angeles Times newspaper has published an interview with Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, in which she reiterated her country\u2019s readiness for dialogue with the United States, based on respect for sovereignty and the right to self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The diplomat \u2014 who serves as Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC \u2014 stated: \u201cWe are ready to engage in dialogue with the United States regarding issues important to the bilateral relationship, and to discuss those areas where we have differences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She noted that any such dialogue must respect Cuba\u2019s sovereignty and its right to self-determination. \u201cWe are confident that it is possible to find a solution,\u201d she affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newspaper highlighted that the interview\u2014which covered a wide range of topics\u2014comes at a particularly volatile moment for Cuba, marked by the tightening of the long-standing economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean nation. Added to this now, as a pressure tactic, is an oil embargo implemented by the Donald Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The near-impossibility for Cuba to access essential oil supplies\u2014due to an executive order signed by Trump on January 29\u2014has further deepened the crisis situation within the Caribbean country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are doing everything possible and are being very creative, but it is having a severe impact,\u201d Torres Rivera said regarding the blockade. \u201cIt is a form of collective punishment against the Cuban people,\u201d she underscored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Head of the Cuban Mission emphasized in her responses that \u201cwe are neighbors,\u201d and that \u201cwe face common challenges and common threats; we can discuss all of these matters, and we can do so while respecting each other\u2019s sovereignty and right to self-determination. We are ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this regard, she reaffirmed that Cuba is \u201cready to participate\u201d in such talks, regardless of who is leading them. \u201cWe are not talking about individuals; we are talking about the government, and we are ready to engage in dialogue with the United States regarding the important issues facing our bilateral relations,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since assuming his second term in January 2025, President Trump has intensified his policy of \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d against Cuba. One of his first measures was to reinstate the country on a unilateral and arbitrary list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism\u2014a list from which his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, had belatedly removed it before leaving the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump\u2019s gamble on Cuba\u2019s collapse is part of a script written more than six decades ago by Lester D. Mallory in a secret memorandum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On April 6, 1960, Mallory\u2014then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs\u2014outlined the philosophy behind the economic, commercial, and financial blockade unilaterally imposed against Cuba months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe majority of Cubans support Castro\u2026 the only foreseeable way to erode his internal support is through the disillusionment and dissatisfaction stemming from economic hardship and material deprivation\u2026 every possible means must be employed swiftly to weaken Cuba\u2019s economic life\u2026 a course of action that, if executed with sufficient skill\u2026 would yield the greatest success in\u2026 provoking hunger, despair, and the overthrow of the Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Since then, the strategy has consisted not only of this but also of fostering the belief that the root cause of such ills lies in the \u201cfailed state\u201d theory, rather than in the policy of economic strangulation implemented by successive U.S. administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current administration persists in its hostility and continues to disregard the nearly unanimous call from the international community to put an end to this illegal and inhumane policy against Cuba \u2014 a call reiterated in 33 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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