00:00The president of Prensa Latina, Jorge Legaño, pointed out that despite the existence of historical agreements in force,
00:07there is a new wave of aggression and politicization of the United States against Cuba.
00:15We cannot say that this is something new.
00:17What I do believe is that what President Claudia Sheinbaum's government is doing is consistent with Cuba's actions over all these years.
00:30The Cuban people know this. The Cuban people are grateful for each of these gestures.
00:35Even the Cuban president has said that he is open to dialogue, but dialogue between equals with the U.S. government.
00:44And I believe that the period of dialogue between the governments of Cuba and the United States between 2015 and 2017,
00:52when 22 agreements were signed, speaks of the possibility of peaceful coexistence between two neighboring countries.
01:00Furthermore, even though the United States government does not want to acknowledge it,
01:06Cuba collaborates with the U.S. and its law enforcement agencies in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, among other issues.
01:13Even though Donald Trump came to power in his first term and now in his second,
01:17he has not repealed any of the 22 agreements that were reached during the Obama and Raul Castro administrations.
01:24Therefore, what we are experiencing is another moment of attack, another moment of aggression.
01:34Of course, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, an anti-Cuban senator who claims to be of Cuban descent,
01:40but really has very little to do with Cuba. Cubans are friendly and supportive people.
01:45Today, Cuba is experiencing a sense of normality, but not just any normality.
01:56This normality emits a very complex situation, stemming from President Donald Trump's executive order,
02:03which establishes tariffs for nations that sell oil to Cuba.
02:07We are not talking about oil as a gift. No nation gives oil to Cuba as a gift.
02:11We are talking about the legitimate right of a nation to trade and seek the minimum supplies its people need.
02:18Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and President Miguel Díaz-Canel have made it very clear that it is
02:23a complex situation, but they are not standing still.
02:33There is movement in the streets, and the people are preparing for this contingency.
02:37Measures have been taken, which speaks to a government that is on the streets, putting together a whole strategy to move forward.
02:44This wouldn't be the first time it happened.
02:47Let's remember the hard years of the 90s, when Cuba, after the collapse of the socialist camp,
02:53also found itself without 85% of its trade and, of course, its supplies of fossil fuel.
02:59It's difficult.
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