Cuban journalist Jorge Legañoa reacted on the National Television News to the executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump, which declares a national emergency and paves the way for imposing tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba.
In his remarks, Legañoa recalled that the order states that Cuba's actions represent "an unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States, and that it aligns with countries and actors deemed hostile by Washington, such as Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
The regime's spokesperson described the text from Washington as "a well-written novel," a "list of lies" intended to legitimize what he defined as an "act of aggression," and denied that the Island poses a threat to the security of the United States.
To support his claim, he pointed out that Cuba ensures the security of the U.S. southern border with a "zero tolerance" policy towards drugs and drug trafficking, and that it even cooperates with American agencies in law enforcement matters.
He also rejected the claims that there are foreign intelligence facilities in the country, that terrorism is promoted from Cuban territory, or that any terrorist organization is given refuge.
"Where is the evidence?" he asked, referring to the accusations.
He also stated that the regime does not persecute or torture political opponents and that it is the United States, with its policy of economic pressure, that "promotes social chaos and destabilization."
In his account, he portrayed the Cuban government as a defender of human rights and of a population that, he stated, has endured decades of external aggression with "stoicism."
However, the spokesperson's speech contrasts with the reality that the country is facing.
Cuba is going through the most critical phase of its recent history: prolonged blackouts, a collapse of transportation, shortages of food and medicine, soaring inflation, and unprecedented mass migration.
The crisis has deepened even further after the fall of the regime's main energy support: Venezuelan oil, which for years sustained an unproductive and dependent economic system.
Instead of acknowledging the government's responsibility for the country's decline, Legañoa attributed the potential energy collapse solely to external pressure.
He warned that a total blockade of fuel supplies would paralyze electricity generation, transportation, industry, agriculture, healthcare services, and the water supply; in summary, it would be a "genocide of the Cuban people."
Very subtly, he expressed his concern about the lack of response from the international community to what he termed an "act of aggression" by the Trump Administration in attempting to impose a "total blockade" on the supply of oil to the Island.
According to him, that would place the international community at a moral crossroads of whether to join or not.
"If the world is to be governed, and that is what we are asking, we wonder if the world will be governed by the use of force to impose the will of one state over another and compel a third to join in," he asserted.
The spokesperson portrayed the United States as the sole responsible party for the crisis, but avoided mentioning that the Cuban government itself destroyed the country's productive capacity, eliminated private initiative for decades, and maintained a centralized system incapable of responding to the basic needs of the population.
He also omitted key data: Cuba is already practically paralyzed in many sectors.
Agricultural production has plummeted, hospitals are operating without basic supplies, public transportation is a disaster, and electricity generation relies on obsolete thermal plants that collapse one after another.
He also did not explain why, if the system is as efficient as he claims, millions of Cubans have chosen to emigrate in recent years, resulting in the largest exodus in the country's history.
For decades, Cuban leadership has managed the economy with structural inefficiency, a chronic dependence on external subsidies, and a lack of real reforms.
The result is a state unable to produce what it consumes and that only survives when another government financially supports it.
The loss of Venezuelan oil support has exposed the fragility of the model. Without that backing, the Island faces an energy crisis that threatens to completely paralyze national life.
Meanwhile, the official propaganda insists on a narrative of heroic resistance, without explaining why, after more than six decades in power, the regime has failed to provide electricity, food, or transportation to its population.
In his statement, the representative of the state press asserted that Cuba is a "legitimate social process," characterized by sovereignty, social justice, and international solidarity.
But on the streets, the reality is different: salaries that are insufficient, collapsed services, and a weary citizenry paying the price for failed political and economic decisions.
The spokesperson's reaction makes it clear that the regime is choosing, once again, narrative and confrontation over acknowledging mistakes and providing concrete solutions to a country that can no longer afford more rhetoric.
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