The US government's attempts to subdue Cuba will continue to fail, Havana intends to continue to defend its independence and sovereignty, stated the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla. "The United States government, instead of listening to its citizens, announces new embargo measures against Cuba in its persistent efforts to stifle the economy and cause the greatest possible damage to our people," he wrote on his X account. Furthermore, Rodríguez Parrilla recalled that in the past ten months, the Cuban people "suffered from an unprecedented strengthening of the US economic blockade, the imposition of an energy fence, equivalent to a naval blockade, and the application of secondary sanctions on individuals or entities that maintain commercial relations with Cuba."