We, as human beings and as members of the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom – US Section, have stood with the Cuban people for decades in asserting their right to self-determination and national sovereignty. In this period of US threats of direct military intervention and the oil embargo, we state the following:
- We are opposed to any US attack on Cuba.
- We condemn the US threats and imperialist rhetoric directed against Cuba. We reject the series of false narratives which attempt to provide justification for an attack on Cuba, including the baseless charges against former President Raúl Castro for the legitimate defense of Cuban airspace in 1996.
- We recognize that when we defend Cuba, we defend not only Cuba’s right to autonomy, sovereignty and self-defense, we also defend each other. The current US regime’s violence and lawless behavior can be and has been directed at anyone and any country perceived to be in opposition to Trump and his government’s use of power.
- We support Cuba’s commitment to peace and its firm determination to exercise the inalienable right to self-defense.
- We recognize and honor the determination of the Cuban people to advance and maintain the rights of women, children, LGBTQI+ people and persons in situations of vulnerability.
- We declare our solidarity with the Cuban people and our intention to aid them in this time of US-imposed suffering and crisis. We recognize that the suffering caused by US coercive measures falls disproportionately on the most vulnerable, including women, children and seniors.
- We know that the Cuban people’s great achievements in healthcare, education, and social rights set a great example of what can be accomplished when human needs are prioritized over profit and war. The US regime is punishing Cuba for the crime of setting a good example that threatens the US imperialist, capitalist model
- We call on all WILPF members to stand with Cuba, to be public and vocal about Cuba’s rights to sovereignty and peace, to protest to legislators and media for an end to all forms of US economic and military warfare against the people of Cuba. We condemn the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US on Cuba, including:
- The economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, which has been in place for almost 65 years. It is the longest blockade in world history, and the highest expression of a cruel and inhuman policy, illegal and illegitimate, and deliberately designed to cause hunger, disease, and desperation among the Cuban people.
- The false and spurious inclusion of Cuba on US lists (State Sponsors of Terrorism, Trafficking in Persons Report, Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998) which seek to further isolate Cuba economically.
- The recent attempts to block any source of income for Cuba, including attacks on tourism, Cuba’s international medical program, trade, and financial transactions.
- The declaration by the Trump regime on January 29, which declared Cuba “an unusual and extraordinary threat” and imposed an energy blockade on Cuba, threatening countries which normally supply petroleum to Cuba. This has produced extraordinary suffering in Cuba.
- The increased threats and economic coercive measures declared in May 2026, including threats applying to third countries or commercial entities which carry out otherwise normal economic transactions with most segments of the Cuban economy.
We call on WILPF International and all sections of WILPF to join the international campaign NO WAR ON CUBA! to end the illegal US war against Cuba.