The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) denounces the recent accusation and indictment against Raúl Castro pushed by the US Department of Justice. The indictment appears to be a pretext for the imperialist US to launch a war on Cuba and Cuban people, or to replicate a military operation to abduct leaders of another sovereign state, like what happened to Venezuela just at the beginnin of this year.

The recent indictment against Raúl Castro is based on the downing of two aircraft operated by the CIA-backed opposition group, which intruded into the Cuban airspace in 1996. This is the latest attempt by the imperialist US to construct a fraudulent narrative to advance its unilateral coercive measures against Cuba and the Cuban people.

Since the US government under the administration of Donald Trump began to escalate its threats against Cuba, including an oil embargo, the Cuban people have been struggling for daily survival. The ongoing blockade is a collective punishment against the people of a country who choose to pursue their own path free from the domination of the imperialist US. The US government is also repeatedly demonstrating that it prepares to invade Cuba.

We reaffirm our solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban people. Cuba has been standing as the bastion of international solidarity, social justice, peace and humanity. We shall not allow the imperialist US to destroy Cuba and the Cuban people.

We urge the international community, including the government of Malaysia, to take concrete steps to stand in solidarity with Cuba against the US imperialist aggression. We do not want another war in the Caribbean and elsewhere in the world.