TKP: Trump’s Cuba policy is a product of despair

Communist Party of Turkey released a declaration on the new Cuban policy of US President Trump
Monday, 19 June 2017 16:20

The new Cuban policy announced on last Friday by US President Donald Trump points out to the fact that imperialist blockade against the Cuban people will be tightened and counterrevolutionary activities will be escalated.

The Communist Party of Turkey released a declaration on the new Cuban policy of the US that does not hide its purpose of subduing the Cuban people and overthrowing the Revolution. The declaration pointed out to the fact that Trump’s “new” Cuban policy is nothing but a repetition of the old rotes and that reemployment of a policy that has constantly bankrupted for decades reflects the despair of the US imperialism.

The declaration notes, “it is only the Cuban people who can decide on the future of Cuba” and reminds that the decision of the Cuban people is to defend the Revolution and continue to struggle until the economic, commercial and financial blockade is eliminated and the territory under the occupation of the US military base in Guantanamo is returned to its true owners.

On June 16, US President Donald Trump cancelled ex-President Obama’s policy to advance bilateral relations with Cuba and announced the new Cuban policy of his government.

"The lies and distortions on which Trump based his new Cuban policy focused on the allegation that human rights and political freedoms are violated in Cuba. Such allegation, which is a product of an incurable anticommunist imagination, is obsolete in the face of the dazzling facts of Cuba. The achievements of the Cuban people in terms of human rights and political freedoms represent the most advanced examples in today’s world. The president of the imperialist US, which has the responsibility in every drop of blood and tear in each square centimetre of the planet, is qualified to neither offer patronage nor give lessons to the Cuban people," the declaration read.

Trump announced that in order to "free Cuba" he would further strengthen the blockade, severe tourism bans, and foster support for dissidents.

"The imperialist US goes full circle and clings to the same rotes, the same policies that have already bankrupted. Condemnation of bankrupt policies means desperation. Trump’s bullying tone cannot veil the desperation of the US imperialism," the declaration said.