Swedish human rights defender and environmental activist Greta Thunberg has issued a global warning about the suffocation policy currently being carried out by the administration of Donald Trump against the population of Cuba — part of what she describes as a "deliberate" strategy spanning more than six decades, aimed at subjugating the country through hunger and the denial of fundamental humanitarian necessities, with the ultimate objective of seizing full control of the Caribbean island.

"We need to talk about what is happening in Cuba right now. The Trump administration is waging illegitimate wars around the world, killing enormous numbers of people, and it is also strangling the Cuban people deliberately, methodically, and openly. Trump himself boasted about it, saying there is an 'embargo,' that there is no oil, no money, nothing," Thunberg stated in a video shared across social media platforms.

The activist noted that the U.S. president had openly flaunted his strangulation policy against the island, "as if it were something to be proud of." This situation, Thunberg observed, is unfolding "while millions of people" in Cuba "are plunged into darkness by continuous blackouts" caused by the lack of inputs for electricity generation — a crisis that directly impacts the healthcare system.

The intensified blockade against Cuba, Thunberg said, is severely affecting hospitals and ambulances, which are running out of fuel as supplies have been depleted due to the U.S. military's Southern Command blocking oil shipments from reaching the island. She noted that this situation has been acknowledged by the United Nations itself, which has warned of "an imminent humanitarian crisis" in the largest of the Antilles.

"Intensive care in hospital emergency rooms is compromised. Newborns, the elderly, the sick — all are paying the price. This is not an accident, nor an unfortunate side effect of some political disagreements. This is the intended outcome, dating back to 1962, when the so-called embargo was designed," said Thunberg, recalling that, by the U.S. State Department's own account, it was created "to bring about hunger, desperation, and the overthrow of the Cuban government."

"Now, the Trump administration is escalating the situation, planning what they themselves have called a takeover of the island. We cannot remain silent about this. Cuba did not remain silent when the world needed it. For more than 60 years, Cuba sent its doctors to every corner of the world. Cuban medical personnel fought Ebola in West Africa, responded to disasters in Haiti, and trained generations of physicians from around the world," the Swedish activist stated.

"The Time Has Come for the World to Defend Cuba"

Thunberg invoked several historical moments in which the Cuban people stood at the forefront of defending just causes in other nations. "When liberation movements were fighting for independence from colonial rule in Africa, the world looked the other way. Yet Cuba showed solidarity not only in words, but in action — with real, material support. Cuba defended the world, and now the time has come for the world to defend Cuba."

The activist announced that, in response to the current crisis deliberately inflicted by Washington's doctrine against Cuba, the international humanitarian movement organized under the name Convoy Nuestra América has developed a plan to deliver aid to the island. On March 21, the convoy is scheduled to arrive in Havana, with humanitarian assistance to be sent "by air, land, and sea."

"That date will be declared the International Day of Solidarity with Cuba. That is why I ask all of you — friends of peace, defenders of the right of peoples to determine their own future — to join wherever you are in the world, go to your local U.S. embassy, make your voices heard, and find your local Cuba Solidarity Network," Thunberg urged.

The activist also called on those wishing to condemn Washington's interventionist policy and express solidarity with Cubans under U.S. siege to organize within their own communities and take part in a day of action defending "the Cuban people's right to build their own society, free from blockades and economic sabotage — this is not merely a human rights issue, it is a matter of fundamental human dignity."

"Those who hold power do not act unless we compel them to, and so today we compel them. Together, we say it loud and clear: Cuba yes, blockade no!" Thunberg concluded.