Cuba is not a threat to the United States, affirmed Mark Conway, councilmember for the Fourth District of the city of Baltimore, as he rejected the aggressive escalation of the Donald Trump administration toward the island in exclusive statements to Prensa Latina.

“I am very disappointed, very disappointed to see the escalation and aggressiveness of the United States toward Cuba,” Conway said. He opposes the energy siege imposed on the Caribbean nation as part of the unprecedented reinforcement of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington more than six decades ago.

For the public official from Maryland’s most populous city, it is regrettable to hear what is happening in Cuba, “the millions of people who do not have electricity and are trying to figure out how to obtain basic resources, partly due to decisions by the Trump administration to intensify the crisis.”

“We are already in a war in Iran that no one wants to be in — not Republicans, not Democrats; I can assure you that no one wants more war. We do not want to see people die unnecessarily, whether from war or from lack of resources,” he emphasized.

Conway asked himself: “What can I do as a councilmember, as a future member of Congress, if I have the opportunity to serve, to be an ally and to be someone who repairs the relationship between us (the United States) and Cuba, rather than breaking it?”

“We are here for you in solidarity,” underscored the 36-year-old politician, originally from the Bronx in New York. “We are trying to do everything we can to resist this administration at home. And we know this has repercussions for the people of Cuba.”

“And please know that — we see it, we hear you,” he added. “We do not believe the propaganda we see from the administration to justify the advancement or escalation of aggression. We do not believe it. There is no valid reason.”

Cuba could be an ally if only we improved relations as we did under the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017), he noted. “That is what I would love to see,” reiterated Conway, elected in 2020 to represent the Fourth District of North Baltimore on the City Council.

“And that is why I hope we find a way to avoid more problems for the Cuban people and a possible escalation in the future, as well as the unnecessary loss of life due to the current decisions of the Trump administration,” added the councilmember, who chairs the Public Safety and Government Operations Committee and serves as vice-chair of the Public Health and Environment Committee.

About Cuba, he expressed a wish: “I would love to get to know it more. That is part of the reason I am here. Thank you, thank you.”

The councilmember held a meeting this Monday with the head of Cuba’s Mission, Lianys Torres, at the Cuban embassy in Washington.

Yesterday, the United States government expanded its array of unilateral coercive measures against Cuba by imposing additional hostilities against officials and entities on the island with the intention of further tightening the siege.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, has been clear: The United States “builds, day after day, a fraudulent file to justify a potential military aggression” against his country.