“To all humanity, to the mothers of the world, to Doctors Without Borders, to honorable journalists, to the governments that still believe in justice:
My name is like that of millions of others. I do not have a famous name or an important position. I am an ordinary Cuban woman. A daughter, a sister, a patriot. And I write these words with a broken heart and trembling hands, because what my people are experiencing today is not a crisis. It is a slow, deliberate killing, carried out in cold blood by Washington. And the world looks the other way.
I DENOUNCE IN THE NAME OF MY GRANDPARENTS:
I denounce the fact that in Cuba, elderly people are dying prematurely because the blockade prevents the arrival of medicines for heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. This is not a lack of resources. It is a deliberate prohibition. Companies that want to sell to Cuba are sanctioned, prosecuted, and threatened. Their governments remain silent. And all the while, a Cuban grandfather clutches his chest and waits. Death gives no warning. The blockade does.
I DENOUNCE IN THE NAME OF MY CHILDREN:
I denounce the fact that in Cuba, incubators have had to be shut down due to fuel shortages. That newborns struggle to survive while the government of the United States decides which countries may sell us oil and which may not. That Cuban mothers have seen their children’s lives threatened because an order signed in an office in Washington is worth more than the cry of a baby 90 miles from its shores.
Where is the international community? Where are the organizations that so fiercely defend children? Or do Cuban children not deserve to live?
I DENOUNCE AN IMPOSED FAMINE:
I denounce the blockade as a deliberate attempt to create hunger. It is not that there is a lack of food for no reason. It is that we are prevented from buying it. It is that ships carrying food are harassed. It is that banking transactions are blocked. It is that companies that sell us grains, chicken, and milk are sanctioned.
Hunger in Cuba is not an accident. It is a state policy of the government of the United States, refined over 60 years, updated by every administration, intensified by Donald Trump, and ruthlessly enforced by Marco Rubio.
They call it “economic pressure.”
I call it terrorism through starvation.
I DENOUNCE ON BEHALF OF MY DOCTORS:
I denounce the fact that our doctors—the same ones who saved lives during the pandemic while the whole world was collapsing—are now deprived of syringes, anesthesia, and X-ray equipment. Not because we do not know how to produce them. Not because we lack talent. But because the blockade prevents us from accessing supplies, spare parts, and technology.
Our scientists created five COVID-19 vaccines. Five. Without anyone’s help. Against all odds. Against the blockade and the lies. And yet the empire punishes us for succeeding.
TO THE WORLD I SAY:
Cuba is not asking you for charity.
Cuba is not asking you for soldiers.
Cuba is not asking you to love us.
Cuba is asking you for justice. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I ask you to stop normalizing the suffering of my people.
I ask you to call the blockade by its name: A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
I ask you not to be deceived by rhetoric about “dialogue” and “democracy” while our throats are being strangled.
We do not want charity. We want to be allowed to live.
To the complicit governments that remain silent: History will hold you accountable.
To the media that lie: The truth always finds cracks.
To the executioners who sign sanctions: The Cuban people neither forget nor forgive.
To those who still carry humanity in their hearts: Look at Cuba. Look at what is happening to her. And ask yourselves: on which side of history do I want to stand?
From this small island, with its enormous dignity, an ordinary Cuban woman who refuses to surrender.”
IF THIS TEXT MOVED YOU, SHARE IT.
It does not matter whether you have 10 friends or 10,000 followers.
It does not matter whether your wall is public or private.
It does not matter if you never share anything.
But this is different.
This is not a sunset photo. It is not celebrity news.
It is not just another opinion.
It is a CRY.
And cries are not kept to oneself. They are heard. They echo. They become a multitude.
Today I am not asking you for a “like.” I am asking you to use your thumbs for something greater than scrolling.
So that the world knows that in Cuba there is no crisis. There is a CRIME.
So that mothers in other countries know that here babies struggle in incubators shut down by the blockade.
So that grandparents in other countries know that here elderly people die waiting for medicines that Washington refuses to allow to arrive.
So that complicit governments may feel shame.
So that false media have no escape.
So that the executioners know that WE WILL NOT BE SILENT.
One person sharing this will not change the world. Thousands, millions—YES.
Do not keep this text to yourself.
Do not be complicit in silence.
MAKE SURE THIS DENUNCIATION
REACHES AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE…
SOURCE: National Network for Cuba
https://nnoc.org/
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