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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2735(RSP))

On the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba

B-10-2026-0289

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith, Younous Omarjee, Leila Chaibi, Arash Saeidi, Damien Carême, Mimmo Lucano, Ilaria Salis, Özlem Demirel, Martin Günther, Pernando Barrena Arza, Estrella Galán, Marc Botenga, João Oliveira, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Giorgos Georgiou, Lynn Boylan, Catarina Martins, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Dario Tamburrano, Carolina Morace, Gaetano Pedulla’, Valentina Palmisano, Mario Furore, Pasquale Tridico, Giuseppe Antoci, Rudi Kennes

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This resolution condemns the US embargo and sanctions against Cuba as illegal and inhumane, and calls for their immediate lifting. It urges the EU to protect European companies from extraterritorial US measures and to increase humanitarian aid to Cuba. It also condemns US pressure on other countries, supports Cuban medical cooperation, and calls for the closure of Guantánamo Bay.

Key points

  1. Condemns the US blockade as illegal, extraterritorial, and inhumane, and calls for its immediate and unconditional lifting.
  2. Condemns the executive measures of 29 January 2026 and secondary sanctions of 1 May 2026 as economic warfare and an attack on European sovereignty.
  3. Denounces the blockade as a strategy of collective deprivation, comparing it to a medieval siege, and calls on the international community to recognize it as organized cruelty.
  4. Calls for the removal of Cuba from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, citing severe extraterritorial consequences.
  5. Urges the EU and Member States to apply Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 to protect European companies from US sanctions and prevent their withdrawal from Cuba.
  6. Calls for increased humanitarian assistance, including delivery of fuel, food, medicines, and support for health facilities.
  7. Calls for cancellation of Cuba's debt payments to Member States and Paris Club members.
  8. Expresses concern over the humanitarian impact, including power cuts up to 20 hours and over 96,000 patients awaiting surgery.
  9. Condemns US pressure on Latin American countries and threats of military action against Cuba.
  10. Supports the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement and rejects attempts to undermine it.
  11. Welcomes Cuba's pardons of over 2,000 prisoners in April 2026, seeing it as a result of dialogue.
  12. Calls for the closure of Guantánamo Bay detention facility and accountability for abuses.

Who is affected

  • European companies operating in Cuba, which face US secondary sanctions and may be forced to withdraw.
  • Cuban population, suffering from fuel shortages, power cuts, and limited access to medicines and food.
  • Cuban medical missions abroad, threatened by US visa restrictions and pressure.
  • Governments of Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, subjected to US pressure to restrict trade with Cuba.
  • Detainees at Guantánamo Bay, who face human rights violations.

Figures and deadlines

  • Over USD 1.5 trillion in cumulative economic damage from the embargo.
  • 33rd consecutive year of UN General Assembly resolution against the embargo in 2025.
  • Nearly 96,000 patients awaiting surgery due to reduced hospital capacity.
  • Approximately 170 containers of humanitarian relief goods, worth USD 6.3 million, undistributed.
  • Around 564,000 deaths annually worldwide associated with unilateral coercive measures.
  • Children under five represent 51% of these deaths.
  • Over 2,000 prisoners pardoned in April 2026, total over 11,000 since 2011.
  • UN General Assembly vote: 165 votes to 7, with 12 abstentions.