There will be no surrender, we will fight and we will win: PCC

By Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish

The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) firmly denounces President Trump's new Executive Order that seeks to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to Cuba in order to create greater difficulties for our people and prevent the construction of our socialist model.

That fascist government continues to escalate its hostilities against the Cuban people, employing the same false arguments and its notorious tactics of coercion and intimidation. This criminal and neocolonial empire is the real and sole threat to peace in our region and the world!

There will be no intensified blockades, threats or aggressions that can undermine the firmness and resistance of this heroic people and the Revolution. We are the country of Homeland or Death! We will emerge victorious just as we have done for 67 years, during which they have not and will not be able to defeat us.

In addition to being extremely cynical, it is ridiculous to declare Cuba a threat to the richest country in the world. It is evident that it is an absurd pretext that the United States government wields, with the sole purpose of suffocating a country that is geographically small, yet vast in dignity and sovereignty.

Cuba poses no threat or danger to the security of the American people, a fact well understood by everyone. It is the internal situation of that nation - victimized by hatred, intolerance, racism, and violence - that poses the genuine threat to that society.

Lies, threats and blackmail will never bring the Cuban people to their knees. The imperialist government launches an attack on our nation in a disrespectful and extraterritorial manner, characteristic of a warmongering administration intent on disregarding the rights of others.

An idea conceived in the depths of a cave can be mightier than an army; Martí taught us this, and the international community clearly understands where truth and justice lie. There will be no surrender, we will fight and we will win.

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