Havana/When barely a few hours had passed since the announcement by US President Donald Trump about the peace agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, the Cuban regime maintained the mobilization of its troops to demonstrate for Palestine this Thursday at the so-called Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana, in front of the US Embassy.
The sun had not yet risen when workers from the factory appeared on the scene. Cuban Electrical Union (UNE) and the Ministry of Energy and Mines, to, according to their social networks, “express their firm support for the Palestinian people and their just cause.” A user commented at the bottom of the publication: “I started reading with hopes that they were demonstrating in support of the Cuban people, of their own families who do not have electricity. Arms down on the part of the UNE workers, that’s what it is.”
On the neighborhood “picture” channels, they announced in capital letters the “complaint against the genocide being committed against the dignified and brave Palestinian people” in a demonstration called from four in the morning. “Let’s not be accomplices, see you tomorrow at the Tribune,” they said, without mentioning at any time the recent peace agreement reached between Israel and Hamas with the mediation of the United States and the support of numerous Arab countries.
“No, I don’t like it at all. Much less an agreement that comes from the United States, which will always have ulterior motives”
“The regime informed us late that access to the Embassy will be prevented on Thursday, October 9, 2025 due to an activity in front of the Embassy building,” the diplomatic headquarters warned through their networks, without specifying the type of “activity.” For this reason, consular services would be suspended today, as well as tomorrow, because it is a local holiday, and on Tuesday, October 14, due to a US holiday. And they requested: “Information about rescheduled appointments will be provided directly to applicants; please do not call the Embassy.”
The rally was attended by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, as well as other senior officials of the Executive and the Communist Party (PCC). The call had been made at the beginning of the week, before it was known, on Wednesday night, that Israel and the Hamas terrorist group agreed to commit to the first phase of Washington’s peace plan, which includes the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of the Israeli Army from certain parts of the enclave.
On this, the Cuban regime, a traditional ally of Palestine, has not commented. The announcement of the agreement caught several of the attendees off guard. Many were unaware of the details of the pact while others received the news with skepticism because it was a plan proposed by Trump, as EFE was able to verify.
“No, I don’t like it at all. Much less an agreement that comes from the United States, which will always have ulterior motives. The complete intention is to take over the Strip,” Gustavo García, a 20-year-old student of International Relations, told the Spanish agency.
He also assured that, if the disarmament of Hamas is achieved, one of the 20 points of Trump’s peace plan, “we could already be facing the last thing that remains of the Palestinian resistance.” Emmanuel, 19, expressed himself in a similar tone, acknowledging that, although the “geopolitical context” is different, he prefers the plan proposed at the UN by the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, which consists of creating a ‘Salvation Army’ for the Palestinian people with soldiers from different countries.
