PROGRESSIVES across the world have united in support of the Cuban people against the United States-led operation targeting it.

Mass demonstrations have taken place in defence of the Cuban revolution and demanding an end to the six-decade-long US blockade, which is thought to have cost the country’s economy $754 billion (£547bn).

US President Joe Biden has been branded a hypocrite after claiming to support the Cuban people while at the same time blocking food and medical aid during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Thursday he called Cuba a “failed state” and communism “a failed system” during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

But it was under his instruction that the US voted against a motion to remove restrictive sanctions regime at the UN general assembly last month.

Nicaraguan national assembly President Gustavo Porras said that the people of Cuba would prevail against US-led aggression, which has included calls by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for air strikes on Havana. 

“Such action will never get through in free and patriotic nations who defend their sovereignty and self-determination,” Mr Porras said.

Solidarity messages have been sent by many communist parties across the world.

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), which represents 105 million workers in 133 countries, condemned the US-led provocations, saying it stands by the people of Cuba “always and until victory.