In a statement concerning the aggressive actions of the United States against Cuba, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE emphasizes the following:
“We condemn the provocative issuance by the United States of an arrest warrant against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro —a move through which US imperialism once again bares its teeth against the heroic Cuban people, whom it has long sought to strangle economically through the criminal blockade imposed upon the country.
The warrant concerns the downing in 1996 of aircraft belonging to the organization “Brothers to the Rescue” —namely, mercenaries of the anti-Cuban Miami mafia— who violated Cuban sovereignty with the support of the intelligence agencies of the US government. This move comes in addition to the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and statements made by Trump himself, which foreshadow a military imperialist intervention.
Taken together, these developments reveal the persistent determination of US imperialism to strike at the Cuban Revolution by every means available— a revolution that has served as a point of reference and inspiration for peoples throughout the world in the struggle to overthrow today’s barbarity and build a new society free from the exploitation of man by man.
Equally provocative is the silence of the Greek government and the other Euro-Atlantic parties, which, claim to be concerned about international law while remaining silent in the face of the provocative actions and plans of the US.
At this critical moment for the people of Cuba, we must express our popular condemnation of these criminal imperialist plans, of any attempt at military intervention against Cuba, and of the persecution of Raúl Castro. Let the solidarity of our people, and of all the peoples of the world, with the courageous people of Cuba be expressed on an even broader scale. Cuba is not alone!”