Beyond The Bubble: Why 2026 Will Be The Year AI Replaces Human Workers

Mike Adams
February 18th 2026 

Introduction: The Great AI Deception of 2025

Last year, pundits and skeptics declared artificial intelligence had hit a wall. They claimed the AI bubble was deflating, that machine cognition had plateaued, and that human ingenuity would remain irreplaceable. They were catastrophically wrong.

The year 2026 has arrived, and with it, a seismic shift. The narrative of a stalled revolution was a comforting illusion for a workforce unprepared for the reality now unfolding. Human cognition, long celebrated as our crowning achievement, is being objectively dwarfed by silicon-based intelligence. This isn’t merely about automation; it is the replacement of human thought itself across entire industries.

It is critical to understand a foundational truth often suppressed by centralized tech monopolies: there is no such thing as ‘artificial’ intelligence. All intelligence is natural, a pattern woven into the fabric of the universe that both biological brains and silicon circuits can access. The machines are not creating something new; they are mastering a natural force more efficiently than we ever could. The human cognition bubble has burst ^[1].

Humanity’s Last Exam: Measuring What Humans Can’t

How do we measure this unprecedented leap? Standard academic benchmarks like the MMLU have become trivial, saturated by AI systems scoring over 90% ^[2]. The new frontier is ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ (HLE), a grueling test designed to be answerable only by PhD-level experts across over a hundred specialized domains, from quantum physics to Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation.

Consider a sample question from the HLE biology section: ‘Hummingbirds within Apodiformes uniquely have a bilaterally paired oval bone, a sesamoid embedded in the caudolateral portion of the expanded, cruciate aponeurosis of insertion of m. depressor caudae. How many paired tendons are supported by this sesamoid bone? Answer with a number.’ ^[2]. No single human possesses the breadth of expertise to answer all 2,500 such questions flawlessly. The HLE, created by nearly 1,000 experts from over 500 institutions, was meant to be the final, insurmountable academic benchmark for machines ^[2].

It was supposed to be our last stand. Yet, as the data now shows, it has become the yardstick of our obsolescence. The exam exposes the stark truth: machine intelligence is not just matching human specialists; it is compiling their collective expertise into a single, omnipotent entity.

The Parabolic Leap: From 38% to 53% in Months

The progression on the HLE tells a story of explosive, non-linear growth. In November 2025, Google’s Gemini 3 Pro achieved a 38% score, hailed as a breakthrough ^[2]. Barely three months later, in early 2026, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 shattered that ceiling with a 53% score ^[2]. This isn’t incremental improvement; it’s a parabolic leap into territory once reserved for science fiction.

This trajectory suggests near-perfect scores are imminent. As noted by the HLE researchers themselves, ‘Given the rapid pace of AI development, it is plausible that models could exceed 50% accuracy on HLE by the end of 2025’ ^[2]. That milestone has already been surpassed. The implications are staggering. When a machine can outperform human experts in fields ranging from classics to complex chemistry, the economic foundation for entire professions crumbles overnight.

This acceleration defies all predictions of a plateau. The cost of AI cognition continues to plummet while the cost and reliability of human labor—burdened by sickness, holidays, and human error—only rises ^[3]. The economic equation has irrevocably flipped.

The Code That Kills Careers: India’s IT Meltdown

The first major domino has already fallen. In early February 2026, India’s Nifty IT stock index cratered, dropping over 7% in a single session and wiping out $23 billion in market valuation ^[2]. Infosys led the decline with a 7.3% drop, followed by Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro ^[2]. This was not a routine market correction; it was a panic-induced selloff triggered by the release of Claude Code and its desktop agent counterpart, Claude Co-Work.

These AI systems can autonomously write, debug, and manage software, automating tasks that constitute the core of India’s $283 billion IT outsourcing industry ^[2]. The traditional model—hiring armies of engineers to code for Western clients—is collapsing. The ‘bait-and-switch’ outsourcing tactics, where a skilled interviewer is replaced by a less-capable worker, are now irrelevant against a machine that works 24/7 for a fraction of the cost and with zero deception ^[2].

This is not an isolated event. Similar tremors are shaking the US and European tech sectors. Companies like LegalZoom have seen their stock prices plummet, and the trend is accelerating ^[2]. The message from Wall Street is clear: the era of human-driven software-as-a-service (SaaS) is over. As one analysis starkly put it, the AI takeover is targeting ‘at least 50% of remote jobs… within the next one to three years’ ^[4]. For the global coding workforce, 2026 is the year the music stopped.

Personal Experience: Building Empires Without Engineers

I speak from direct experience. As the founder of platforms like BrightLearn.ai, BrightNews.ai, and BrightAnswers.ai, I have built and scaled these enterprises to become some of the largest of their kind in the world—with zero human engineers. BrightLearn.ai alone has published over 31,000 books, making it the largest book publisher on the planet, all created by AI agents trained on a curated index of over 50,000 books and 110,000 science papers ^[2]. This was accomplished by a single human directing AI agents.

The advantages are insurmountable. AI coders are available 24/7, unlike human coders that are often on vacation, weekends, or away from work for other reasons ^[2]. The time it takes to explain a complex task to another human is time wasted; with AI, you go from thought to execution in minutes. This ‘vibe coding’—direct brain-to-AI communication—eliminates the friction, cost, and unreliability of human teams ^[5].

This personal proof-of-concept is a microcosm of the macro shift. The barrier to creating sophisticated software, content, and analysis has dropped to near zero. When one person with AI can out-produce a team of fifty, the economic incentive to retain human white-collar workers vanishes. The builder’s advantage now belongs to those who can wield AI, not those who manage people.

The Economic Domino Effect: From Unemployment to Collapse

The displacement is not confined to tech. It is a cascade. As AI evaporates software jobs, the newly unemployed stop spending. They cancel subscriptions, forego new cars, and tighten their belts. Corporations that depend on this consumer spending—from Procter & Gamble to Ford—face collapsing revenues ^[2]. This triggers the next wave of layoffs in manufacturing, retail, and services, creating a vicious, self-reinforcing cycle of economic implosion.

The proposed government ‘solution’ is Universal Basic Income (UBI). But the math reveals a fatal flaw. Providing just $1,000 per month to one-third of the US population—roughly 100 million people—would cost $1.2 trillion annually ^[2]. This money must be printed, as the displaced workers are no longer paying taxes to fund it. The result is hyperinflation, where even a $100,000 salary becomes poverty wages ^[2].

This is not a theory; it is an unfolding reality. ‘Job Slaughter Accelerates,’ as noted in a January 2026 report, detailing over 100 US companies filing mass layoff notices as corporations initiate a ‘coordinated corporate retreat from the very human capital upon which national prosperity was built’ ^[6]. The system is eating its own foundation. As Goldman Sachs warned, approximately one-quarter of all white-collar jobs are at immediate risk ^[1], with ripple effects destined to hollow out the broader economy.

Government’s Final Solution: From UBI to Extermination

When UBI fails—as it mathematically must—governments will face millions of unemployed, purposeless, and angry citizens. History shows that centralized power structures do not solve such crises with compassion; they solve them with control and, ultimately, elimination. The stage is already being set.

Mass protests against automation are inevitable. The response will not be economic reform but brute force. The Trump administration, for instance, is reportedly spending $55 billion to construct mass detention facilities across more than 20 states, each capable of holding thousands ^[2]. While officially framed for ‘processing illegals,’ their scale and timing point to a pre-planned population control mechanism for domestic unrest ^[2].

When pacification camps prove insufficient, history’s oldest tool of population reduction will be deployed: war. As one analysis chillingly notes, a nuclear exchange could be viewed by desperate governments as a ‘final solution’ to eliminate ‘entitlement obligations’ and free up energy and resources for the AI race ^[2]. Engineered pandemics, cyber-attacks causing grid failures, or other ‘convenient’ catastrophes could serve the same depopulation ends ^[2]. This is the grim logical endpoint of a system that views displaced humans as liabilities rather than assets. The globalist depopulation agenda, long warned about, finds its perfect executioner in the economic collapse triggered by AI ^[7].

Conclusion: Surviving The Intelligence Revolution  

 

Survival in 2026 and beyond requires a radical shift in mindset and strategy. First, acquire AI literacy. Learn to use these tools, not fight them. Platforms like BrightAnswers.ai offer uncensored AI research, while BrightLearn.ai provides free, AI-generated books on any survival topic—from organic gardening to decentralized finance.

Second, embrace self-reliance and decentralization. Depend less on centralized systems—governments, corporations, banks—that will fail you. Grow your own food, store physical assets like gold and silver (currently at $5,004.20 and $81.19 per ounce, respectively), and build community networks based on trust and trade, not fiat currency.

Finally, become a builder. The visionaries and creators who can use AI to solve real-world problems will be the architects of the next civilization. The ‘consuming masses,’ as one analysis starkly puts it, ‘will be considered expendable by most governments’ ^[2]. Do not be among them. Upgrade your skills, protect your health with natural medicine, and secure your liberty. The future belongs not to those who are replaced, but to those who learn to command the tools of replacement. The intelligence revolution is here. Your choice is simple: adapt or be erased.

References

1. Health Ranger Report – AI cognition. – Brighteon.com. Mike Adams. November 5, 2025.
2. Humanity’s Last Exam – Center for AI Safety.
3. Brighteon Broadcast News – MAMDANI. – Brighteon.com. Mike Adams. November 5, 2025.
4. AI Takeover: 50% of Remote Jobs to Be Replaced Within 3 Years as Machines Outperform Humans in Fairness and Accuracy. – NaturalNews.com. Finn Heartley. September 1, 2025.
5. Vibe Coding: Reclaiming Programming from the Soulless Corporate Machine. – NaturalNews.com. January 22, 2026.
6. Job Slaughter Accelerates: January 2026 Corporate Layoffs Signal Economic Implosion. – NaturalNews.com. January 26, 2026.
7. AI Supremacy, Globalist Depopulation, and Financial Collapse: The Trifecta of Humanity’s Obsolescence. – NaturalNews.com. January 9, 2026. 

 

 

Source: https://www.activistpost.com/beyond-the-bubble-why-2026-will-be-the-year-ai-replaces-human-workers/

Empire strikes back: Rubio’s Munich speech and recolonizing the Global South

Rubio’s speech, applauded by European leaders, reignited debate over empire, colonialism, and the future of global order. Rubio’s rhetoric about civilizational renewal masks a project of renewed domination, with Europe cast as a compliant junior partner. The implications for the Global South are only beginning to surface. 

 

Uriel Araujo 

Info Brics 

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 

 

Marco Rubio’s recent speech at the Munich Security Conference (telling Europeans that the US and Europe “belong together”) triggered immediate controversy, especially on social media platforms. While many commentators have been denouncing it, several European officials reportedly offered a standing ovation.

Social media commentators aside, Western specialists however did not pay much attention to the deeper implication of the US Secretary of State’s rhetoric: an enthusiastic defense of colonialism and an implicit call to recolonize the Global South. Albeit underreported, this may be the most consequential aspect of the address.

Rubio’s speech, delivered on February 14, framed world politics as a kind of civilizational struggle. He praised five centuries of Western expansion, lauding those who settled “new continents” and built “vast empires extending out across the globe.”

Tellingly, he then portrayed decolonization as a tragedy, accelerated by “godless communist revolutions” and anti-colonial uprisings that, according to him (in a very Cold War-like tone), spread the “red hammer and sickle across vast swaths of the map”.

For Rubio, the West’s decline was imposed, and it must now be reversed to “renew the greatest civilization in human history.” This blunt nostalgia for empire was applauded in the hall, the audience being overwhelmingly Western (with a few Global South representatives present).

The speech in fact echoed earlier interventions, as noted by political scientist Nathalie Tocci, who argued that Rubio offered a subtler version of JD Vance’s 2025 address. Tocci warned that the dismissal of a rules-based order (in favor of “raw power”) positions Europe as junior partners in a US-led empire, thereby lulling Europeans into a false sense of security - while US and European interests actually diverge.

Daniel Drezner (a Tufts University's Fletcher School academic) went further, calling the speech repackaged Trumpism with imperial and colonial undertones, and highlighting the logical contradiction of praising centuries of conquest while lamenting post-1945 anti-colonial revolutions as the source of Western decline.

Overall, not many Western commentators noticed that Rubio was really defending the recolonization of the Global South. A few did. Trita Parsi (of the Quincy Institute), for instance, described the address as an “embrace of empire and colonisation,” basically urging Europe to join a US-led effort to restore Western dominance over the Global South through control of supply chains, minerals, AI, and markets.

Likewise, French businessman and commentator Arnaud Bertrand called it “one of the most revisionist and imperialist” speeches by a US official, and an open invitation for Europe to share the “spoils” of a new imperial order. Writing for India Today, journalist Sushim Mukul in turn likened Rubio’s economic prescriptions to the East India Company.

That European leaders applauded Rubio’s words is itself quite revealing. One may recall that in October 2022 top European diplomat Josep Borrell sparked outrage internationally by calling Europe a “garden” surrounded by a “jungle” (the rest of the world). Rubio’s Munich applause shows that the European colonial mindset persists. Be as it may, Europe today is itself increasingly treated as part of a subordinated periphery, targeted, as it is, by American tariffs, economic warfare, and even threats of annexation in Greenland (Denmark).

It thus follows that Washington’s approach to its allies is rather schizophrenic, so to speak. It insistently shifts the “burden” of Ukraine onto Europe while antagonizing its European “allies”; and then invokes shared classical heritage - to demand obedience.

As I have argued elsewhere, even delegation requires trust, while coercion erodes it, thus pushing Europe toward strategic uncertainty. The US currently declares the transatlantic alliance obsolete (as seen in the NSS document), while praising Western unity.

Rubio’s rhetoric in any case also fits a broader trend: an American return to Monroeism (or to a strange new version of it), and, moreover, to what Eric Hobsbawm famously called “The Age of Empire” (1875–1914). Threats against Greenland, military interventions in South America (as recently seen in Venezuela), and the declaration, by Western leaders at Davos, that the US-centric order is “over” all point to major changes and a return to crude unmasked imperialism.

Rubio’s somewhat anachronic fixation on “communism” in the Global South is equally revealing. Whatever one thinks of the socialist period, and its many failures and contradictions, the Soviet Union undeniably supported anti-colonial movements. And large parts of the Global South remember it. This fact bears a positive impact on positive Russian relations with African countries, for instance, to this day. To frame decolonization as a sinister communist plot is therefore to rewrite history quite blatantly. It also legitimizes present American actions, from economic strangulation to regime-change fantasies, including, again, recent developments in Venezuela and Cuba.

One could also add that there is some irony in the very fact that Rubio himself is a Cuban-American. Washington’s neo-colonial and neo-Monroeist stance, in any case, risks backfiring at home, especially among diasporas largely shaped, as they are, by interventionist policies.

The same neocolonial logic is visible elsewhere, as is the case in Trump’s proposals for Palestine - another neocolonial mirage dressed up as pragmatism for peace.

To sum it up, Empire is back - at least in rhetoric and worldview. Rubio’s Munich speech suggests that if the US has its way, the emerging multipolar world order will be nothing but a new Age of Empires. Europe, it seems, has applauded such a vision, thus far, but it may soon discover, once again, that vassalage is not the same as partnership.

Source: https://infobrics.org/en/post/82935 

Experiment Proves Flu is Not Contagious – Germ Theory Dead?

Dr Sam Bailey
February 12, 2026

Finally, it is being admitted inside the medical establishment that a human experiment has shown that scientists failed to transmit a single case of influenza. Flu is NOT contagious. Is Germ Theory discredited and now on life support?

The commencement of the COVID-19 story in early 2020 coincided with an international wave of mass censorship. For those of us publishing from that time we quickly found that ‘no virus’ material resulted in demonetisation and channel strikes, if not outright platform bans. And although one of the world’s biggest media agencies tried to smear my work, for most of the COVID era our material was simply ghosted.

watch Dr Bailey explain in the video below:

 

Hence it was a surprise when mainstream and state media recently admitted to the latest human experiment in which scientists failed to transmit a single case of influenza. Those of you who have read Virus Mania or Can You Catch A Cold? know that this is not something new as there have been dozens of failed attempts to transmit colds and flus for the past century.

However, when mainstream sources cover this material we may have progress as failed transmission was never disclosed to us during our medical training.

There is of course still a long way to go before the mainstream addresses the lack of evidence for viruses, pathogens and contagious “germs”. On a wider scale, how much longer the establishment can hide this daylight robbery and maintain The Healthcare System Hoax is yet to be seen. In the meantime, this video analyses the latest “scientific” excuses for the failure of the germ theory to meet even its most basic requirements.

Full show notes and references HERE

About the author: Dr Sam Bailey is from New Zealand, a qualified medical doctor and author (drsambailey.com) who exposes the scientific truths about disease and health through her listener-supported, commercial-free website.

Source: https://principia-scientific.com/experiment-proves-flu-is-not-contagious-germ-theory-dead/

Racketeering Scheme?: Vaccine Makers Profit Twice by Selling Drugs to Treat Vaccine Injuries

Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
February 5, 2026

A lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) against the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) alleges that the AAP’s aggressive promotion of childhood vaccines created a “closed-loop” business model that set up pharmaceutical companies to profit from vaccines and from drugs used to treat vaccine injuries.

The lawsuit alleges the AAP violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or RICO, by running a decades-long racketeering scheme to defraud American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule.

A “racket” exists when a service creates its own demand, according to the complaint.

In this case, the same companies that make pediatric vaccines have also acquired companies that develop treatments for autoimmune disorders, allergies and neurodevelopmental conditions — conditions recognized in vaccine package inserts as adverse events that occurred during clinical trials or in post-marketing studies.

The complaint cites Pfizer’s 2016 acquisition of Anacor Pharmaceuticals for $5.2 billion. Anacor makes Eucrisa, a drug that treats eczema. At the time, Eucrisa was approved for 2-year-olds. It was later approved for babies as young as 3 months.

Post-marketing data have linked vaccines — including GlaxoSmithKline’s ENGERIX-B hepatitis B vaccine — to eczema, according to the complaint. Research studies have also linked the condition to the COVID-19 and measles-mumps-rubella or MMR vaccines.

In another example, Sanofi in 2020 spent $3.7 billion to acquire Principia Biopharma, developer of an experimental therapy for immune thrombocytopenia, an autoimmune blood disorder.

Immune thrombocytopenia is listed as an adverse reaction to vaccines manufactured by other companies that the lawsuit alleges are part of the same vaccine racketeering enterprise. Those vaccines include Merck’s MMRII and GlaxoSmithKline’s Pediarix.

Other examples include GlaxoSmithKline’s 2012 acquisition of Human Genome Sciences in 2012 for $3.6 billion, which brought the lupus drug Benlysta into its portfolio, and Merck’s 2021 purchase of Pandion Therapeutics for $1.85 billion, which expanded its pipeline of inflammatory bowel disease treatments.

Not included in the lawsuit, but widely discussed in 2024, was Pfizer’s acquisition of Seagen. The biotech company makes drugs that use monoclonal antibodies to deliver anti-cancer agents to tumors while limiting damage to surrounding tissue.

Pfizer spent $43 billion to acquire Seagen, which in 2023 had projected sales of $2.2 billion. Studies have linked Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines to sharp rises in cancer rates.

The lawsuit argues that these types of acquisitions by vaccine makers create a revenue cycle in which vaccines function as a “customer acquisition mechanism” — because treatments for chronic conditions provide long-term pharmaceutical revenue.

“The enterprise profits from the vaccines, and profits again from the treatment of the vaccine package insert documented side effects,” the complaint states.

 

Source: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/racketeering-scheme-vaccine-makers-profit-twice-selling-drugs-treat-vaccine-injuries/?utm_source=cc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20260205

Cuba is no longer alone

Andrea Marcigliano
February 14, 2026

Cuba is no longer alone. Although adding a "maybe" would seem appropriate.

The tightening of US sanctions, a veritable python, may not be enough for Trump to topple Fidel Castro's heirs.

Because China and Russia are here. And they seem intent on getting involved. In a big way.

Xi Jinping has announced the installation of thousands of solar panels on the big island, to offset Washington's energy embargo.

And Moscow is preparing to send large supplies of oil by sea.

The game surrounding Cuba is extremely important. Vital for Washington, certainly. But equally crucial for Beijing and Moscow.

It's not just the Big Island that's at stake. It's the future structure of Latin America. And, perhaps even more so, the system of global balances.

Trump, who has acknowledged the difficulty, or rather impossibility, of controlling the world as a hegemon—Bill Clinton's old dream—is nevertheless aiming for absolute and total control of the Americas. From Greenland to Tierra del Fuego.

Both political and economic control. And Washington's recent actions, both in Venezuela and Greenland, demonstrate this.

In this plan, which envisions US normalization not only of the rebellious Andean countries, but also of Mexico and, ultimately, Brazil, Cuba is a discordant note.

A significant discordance, since Havana has been completely beyond Washington's control since the Castro era. And it presents itself as an alternative to the US power system.

Normalizing it, bringing about regime change, transforming it back into a colony, or even into a vast brothel and gambling hall as it was under Batista, is therefore a priority for Trump.

He would like to definitively resolve an issue that has remained open for too many years. And one that has caused numerous failures in the White House's strategies.

The Bay of Pigs, during the Kennedy era, remains only the most famous example. And a symbolic one.

However, the Oval Office's intentions clash with Beijing and Moscow's desire to support the Cuban regime. This is to challenge the US claim to absolute hegemony over the Americas.

And, perhaps even more so, to send a clear warning to Trump and his successors.

They should not believe they can intervene at will in the Middle East or other parts of the world, remaining quietly entrenched in the Americas.

The "game" is global. And no one can claim complete security anymore. Not even Washington in the Americas. 

Source: https://electomagazine.it/cuba-non-e-piu-sola/ 

Vietnam sends 250 tonnes of rice to support Cuba's food security

Tuoitre News
February 14, 2026

Vietnam has delivered 250 metric tons of rice to Cuba as part of a bilateral agreement aimed at strengthening food security and agricultural cooperation between the two nations.

The handover ceremony took place on Friday at the headquarters of Citricos Caribe S.A. in Havana, with representatives from the Vietnamese government, Vietnam’s AgriVMA rice company, and Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture in attendance.

The shipment was provided as non-refundable aid under an agreement between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture.

Cuban Deputy Minister of Agriculture Telce Abdel González pledged favorable conditions for AgriVMA’s rice production project in Los Palacios District, Pinar del Rio Province, with the goal of expanding the model to other regions of the country.

He praised Vietnamese agricultural investors for contributing to Cuba’s agricultural output and food security, expressing hope that Vietnamese companies would broaden their investments beyond rice to other crops.

The Cuban official said agricultural cooperation helps align economic ties with the strong political relationship between the two nations.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long highlighted the significance of the event, saying it reflected the trust and commitment of Vietnamese enterprises investing in Cuba despite economic challenges.

Long emphasized that agricultural cooperation is a testament to the special solidarity and friendship between the two countries.

He thanked Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture for its support for Vietnamese enterprises and reaffirmed that agricultural cooperation and food security assistance remain a priority for Vietnam’s leadership.

AgriVMA’s project currently cultivates more than 1,000 hectares of hybrid rice variety CT16 in Los Palacios, with yields exceeding seven metric tons per hectare.

The 250 metric tons of rice delivered marked the first shipment of 2026 under the bilateral agreement.

Dang Quang Thuy, executive director of the AgriVMA rice project in Pinar del Rio, reaffirmed the company’s determination to expand production in Cuba, strengthening comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

 

Source: https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnam-sends-250-tonnes-of-rice-to-support-cubas-food-security-103260214165002189.htm 

President Díaz-Canel: Cuba Will Respond With Self-Sufficiency Plan to Combat US Strangulation Attempt

 

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel holds press conference on February 5, 2026, addressing the US-imposed oil blockade. Photo: EFE.

 

Orinoco Tribune
February 6, 2026

The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, addressed the complex energy situation that the country is facing, resulting from the tightening of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States. At a press conference on Thursday, February 5, he noted that the country has adopted a strategy to expand the use of its own energy sources and rely less on imports.

The president explained that since December 3, when the US naval blockade against Venezuela began, Cuba has not received a single drop of fuel, a situation that impacts public health, the economy, transportation, electricity generation, and the daily subsistence of the country.

He added that the intensification of pressures from Washington generates a deliberate psychological impact, aimed at instilling fear among shipowners, shipping companies, and international suppliers, as part of a strategy of economic strangulation. The intensification of the US siege on fuel purchases confirms the validity of the strategy approved by Cuba to ensure energy sovereignty.

➡️ Luego, agregó, comenzó el bloqueo energético y naval a Venezuela que ha impedido que barcos de ese país, incluso de otras naciones con combustible venezolano, lleguen a Cuba. pic.twitter.com/o1DKbzQ9x2

— Cubadebate (@cubadebatecu) February 5, 2026

He assured the Cuban people that his government is working to minimize the effects of this aggression, so that the population is affected as little as possible, as well as for the reactivation of the economy.

He stated that Cuba does not renounce the right to receive fuel from abroad. It is a sovereign right, Díaz-Canel emphasized, noting that the option of surrender does not exist, and made it clear that the US has no right to impose its economic warfare policy on Cuba and third countries.

#ENVIVO | ''Los actos de terrorismo y desestabilización en #Cuba son financiados por #EEUU. Nosotros conocemos de planes y actos terroristas que está siendo preparados en #EEUU'' afirmó el presidente cubano, Díaz - Canel pic.twitter.com/kzZzUSHWur

— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) February 5, 2026

He reported that the Council of Ministers approved guidelines for a contingency plan aimed at addressing the US economic strangulation attempt. He acknowledged that temporary restrictions on consumption and greater energy savings will be necessary, but emphasized that these are not permanent measures, but rather adjusted to the real conditions of the country, the details of which will be explained by the relevant ministers.

He highlighted that the response of the Cuban state is based on a comprehensive strategy for transforming the energy matrix, which includes the recovery of electricity generation capacity (more than 900 MW has been recovered), the use of domestic sources, the increase in storage capacities affected after the accident at the Matanzas supertanker base, the increase in national crude oil production, electricity generation from natural gas (Energas companies), and the development of its own fleet of ships.

In parallel, the construction of photovoltaic parks began, and 49 were completed during 2025 (with capacity of around 1,000 MW), which helped reduce the electrical deficit during the day. They generate 38% of the energy that the country produces at that moment, in circumstances where Cuba has been unable to rely on distributed generation (combustion engines) for several weeks due to lack of fuel.

He detailed that 5,000 2 kW photovoltaic systems are being installed on 5,000 previously unelectrified homes, which will allow Cuba to achieve 100% electrification.

Additionally, another 5,000 photovoltaic systems are being installed in prioritized service centers, such as maternity homes, nursing homes, senior residences, polyclinics, housing for children in vulnerable situation, and bank branches.

Likewise, another 10,000 photovoltaic systems are being delivered to Education and Health workers. Tariff conditions are being applied to acquire these systems, and new investments in wind generation capacity are being developed.

The program includes increasing the production of associated gas from oil and supplying manufactured gas to 20,000 new customers in Havana.

He added that successful tests for the refining of Cuban crude oil and the production of derivatives were already conducted in December 2025, as well as the acquisition of engines capable of using that fuel.

Díaz-Canel emphasized that none of these actions, on their own, can solve the problem immediately, but he stressed that the situation is not more serious thanks to the country’s progress in changing the energy matrix. The will to resist, recover, and create will include expanding the production of goods and services at the local level, he announced.

These statements come alongside a growing diplomatic response by Cuba in international forums, where it has systematically denounced the economic, social, and humanitarian impacts of the US blockade, in place for more than six decades and described by Havana as a policy of collective punishment against the Cuban people.

Cuban authorities have demonstrated that the impact of the blockade goes beyond the macroeconomic level, directly affecting access to medicine, fuel, medical supplies, technology, transportation, and basic goods, with palpable consequences in the daily lives of the population.

The president questioned the human implications of this policy. “What does it mean to prevent fuel from reaching a country?” he asked, pointing out that it is a measure that directly affects the lives of millions of people.

In his latest report to the United Nations General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla explained that between March 2024 and February 2025, the damages caused by the blockade amounted to $7.556 billion, representing a 49% increase compared to the previous period and confirming a permanent tightening of the economic suffocation policy. The accumulated losses have already surpassed $170.677 billion, according to official figures presented to the UN.

Cuba has also highlighted that the US unilateral coercive measures violate international law and the United Nations Charter, as they are forms of “economic warfare” aimed at provoking a social outburst and destabilizing the constitutional order of the country. These measures have been accompanied by pressure and threats against third states to weaken the international consensus against the blockade.

(Telesur)

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

Source:  https://orinocotribune.com/president-diaz-canel-cuba-will-respond-with-self-sufficiency-plan-to-combat-us-strangulation-attempt/