Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, one of the Five Cuban Heroes and national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, asserted from Havana that the indictment presented this week by the U.S. Department of Justice against revolutionary leader and Army General Raúl Castro lacks any legal or moral foundation. He further warned that it could serve as a “pretext for Washington to launch a military aggression against the Caribbean island.”

“We have a very good agreement (with Cuba) that also helps us a lot. In other words, it is a bilateral agreement that is very helpful for Mexico,” she said in response to a question about Washington’s pressure on Latin American countries to abandon medical cooperation with the island.

Faced with the intensification of the illegal economic, financial, and energy blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, the Government and the State are making enormous efforts to promote an energy program that guarantees electricity generation. This is a necessary and essential service, a right of the people, and key to citizen well-being and the proper functioning of the economy.