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Díaz-Canel: U.S. uses lies to justify aggression against Cuba
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Díaz-Canel: U.S. uses lies to justify aggression against Cuba

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel accused the U.S. of using lies to create pretexts for aggression against Cuba.
  • The accusation follows a U.S. State Department report labeling Cuba a national security threat.
  • Cuba maintains it defends itself against U.S. aggression and denies harboring foreign military or terrorist facilities.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel asserted that the United States employs deception to fabricate justifications for potential aggression against Cuba, responding to a recent U.S. State Department report that characterized the island nation as a threat to American national security.

Cuba has never acted to harm the American people, nor has it sought to affect U.S. national security. What the Cuban Revolution has done throughout its history is defend itself against these successive and endless aggressions, by legitimate right.

— Miguel Díaz-CanelThe Cuban President's response to the U.S. State Department report.

In a statement disseminated by state media, Díaz-Canel stated, "Cuba has never acted to harm the American people, nor has it sought to affect U.S. national security. What the Cuban Revolution has done throughout its history is defend itself against these successive and endless aggressions, by legitimate right."

The U.S. State Department's 100-page report, titled 'Cuba. The Capital of Communism in the 21st Century,' reviewed Cuba's history since the 1959 revolution. It accused Havana of attempting to undermine, degrade, and destabilize the United States through espionage, soldiers, students, intellectuals, and NGOs, claiming the regime has "trained terrorists, harbored fugitives, infiltrated the U.S. Government."

It is the latest fallacy from the U.S. Department of State against Cuba. It is part of the construction, by the Secretary of State (Marco Rubio), of a pretext to sustain his cruel and criminal economic war that punishes every Cuban family, and his aspiration to militarily attack.

— Cuban Foreign MinisterDescribing the U.S. report as a pretext for economic and military actions.

Cuba's Foreign Minister dismissed the report as the "latest fallacy from the U.S. Department of State against Cuba." He suggested it serves as a pretext for the "cruel and criminal economic war" and potential military aggression, driven by political interests.

It is another evidence of the macabre plan designed by that U.S. politician from South Florida, which only satisfies the interests of those who have always paid him.

— Cuban Foreign MinisterCriticizing the motives behind the U.S. report.

The report, part of the Trump administration's policy, reiterates claims of Cuba harboring foreign military, intelligence, and terrorist facilities. Cuban authorities have repeatedly denied these allegations, calling them "mendacious and unfounded" and mere "fallacious pretexts" to justify potential U.S. military intervention. Washington has intensified pressure on Havana this year, including an oil embargo that has led to widespread blackouts and economic paralysis.

mendacious and unfounded

— Cuban authoritiesDescribing U.S. accusations of harboring foreign facilities.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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