Ottawa Cuba Connections and Association d'amitié Outaouais-Cuba
Ottawa, January 17, 2026
Ottawa Cuba Connections and the Association d'amitié Outaouais-Cuba unequivocally condemn the recent measures implemented by President Trump against the sovereign island of Cuba. Trump's January 30th Executive Order declares a "national emergency," stating that the policies and actions of the Government of Cuba pose an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The order establishes a process to impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or supply oil to Cuba, either directly or indirectly. It also describes Cuba as aligned with "hostile" countries and groups.
This is a blatant attempt to suffocate an already challenged economy due to more than sixty years of the blockade. It is meant to deprive the Cuban people of their basic needs and their capacity to have economic and diplomatic relations with anyone of their choosing, which is their fundamental right. It is an unabashed application of the initial aim of the blockade which was to make the Cuban people suffer.
When Trump formerly suggested that Cubans "make a deal before it is too late," it is his presumptuous expectation that the Cuban government and people will capitulate to U.S. brutality and savagery. Tempered in the hard-fought struggle for its independence which it won under the leadership of Fidel, and strong with years of dealing with all the U.S. has thrown at them, the Cuban people will make no deals with and will not cow down to those who trample on international law and the freedom of the peoples.
We stand steadfastly with Cuba and condemn this abhorrent attack against the Cuban people's right to be.
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 4 - February 13, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T5600415.HTM
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