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The Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer supported on Thursday the measures announced by President Donald Trump to increase pressure on the Havana regime, following the signing of the new national emergency declaration on Cuba that strengthens financial sanctions and prepares the United States for a potential political collapse on the island.
In statements published on their social media, the national coordinator of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) stated that the organization supports the executive order and described Trump’s decision as “the most correct, just, and supportive action that can exist towards the Cuban people, the main victims of Castroism.”
"The Cuban regime is an enemy of freedom, democracy, and respect for human rights, and it remains a danger to the security of the United States. It has caused multiple crises and has contributed so many enemies to that country that the costs it has imposed on Washington in terms of national security are excessive," Ferrer stated.
The opposition figure, who spent years imprisoned for political reasons on the island and was forced into exile in 2025, asserted that the new sanctions "are not against Cuba, but against the dictatorship that oppresses it."
"The Cuban people have been the first and greatest victims of the totalitarian regime that destroyed the nation, annihilated its institutions, and condemned entire generations to poverty and repression," he emphasized.
For Ferrer, the measures signed by Trump represent "a strong step toward the end of Castroism" and serve as a signal of moral and political support to Cubans who are fighting for change within the island.
The executive order signed by Trump, titled "National Emergency Declaration on the Situation in Cuba," states that the situation on the island "constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security of the United States."
The measure authorizes the Department of the Treasury and the Pentagon to coordinate exceptional humanitarian response and migration control actions in the event of a political or social collapse, as well as to expand the financial blockade on Cuban state-owned enterprises and their affiliates in third countries.
The text also provides for the use of frozen funds for direct aid programs to the Cuban people, avoiding the regime's mediation.
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