Cuba condemns new US sanctions as 'illegal' and 'abusive'

"unilateral coercive measures violated the United Nations Charter, adding they aimed to impose collective punishment against the Cuban people."

— Bruno Rodriguez , Politician

"The blockade and its reinforcement cause so much harm because of the intimidating and arrogant behaviour of the world's greatest military power."

— Miguel Díaz-Canel , Politician

"we'll have one of our big - maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier - the biggest in the world, we'll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they'll say, 'Thank you very much. We give up.'"

— Donald Trump , Politician