Nicaragua Reaffirms Support for Cuba and Calls for Respect for Peoples’ Self-Determination

Nicaraguan CoPresident Rosario Murillo, May 2026 Photo: EFE.

May 27, 2026 Hour: 12:15 pm

Co-President Murillo reiterates her country’s solidarity with the Cuban people.

On Wednesday, Nicaraguan Co-President Rosario Murillo reaffirmed her nation’s “consistent, coherent, determined, and irrevocable solidarity and brotherhood with Cuba.”

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“We join the urgency of upholding the decision of the peoples of the world to live in security, peace, consideration and goodwill and, especially, the principles of the declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as an unchanging Peace Zone,” Murillo emphasized in a video message.

The co-president also highlighted that multilateralism and peace “are fundamental and nonnegotiable principles reflected in all our international relations and in our contribution, as Nicaragua, to United Nations affairs and the multilateral system.”

This declaration of support follows the recent address by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez before the United Nations Security Council, which took place on Tuesday in New York.

During that meeting, the Caribbean diplomat raised his voice to warn the international community about the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe on the island, which could be driven both by armed threats and by the tightening of the U.S. blockade and energy siege currently affecting his country.

Rodriguez called, particularly on Latin American and Caribbean nations, for the creation of a common international front to place limits on actions that undermine the interests of peoples and destabilize the region. Additionally, he called for preserving Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

The representative from Havana urged the UN Security Council to exercise their authority to stop these threats, concluding with a warning that the Cuban people will defend their homeland to the utmost consequences.

Joining this international support effort was the Chinese government through Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, who on Wednesday expressed Beijing’s support for safeguarding Cuba’s sovereignty, security and development interests.

The spokesperson for the Asian country reaffirmed that global relations should be based on the principles of the UN Charter and international law, rejecting the threat of force, as well as any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations under any pretext.