Still under the effects ofthe tour that took him to New York for a week, the Cuban rulerMiguel Diaz-Canel He woke up early this Monday to condemn the attack allegedly carried out on Sunday nightagainst the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Washington.
“Hate launched last night, again, a terrorist attack against our Embassy in #Washington, in an act of violence and impotence that could have cost valuable lives. We denounce it and wait for action from the North American authorities,” Díaz-Canel said on his X account.
This Sunday, the chancellor of the Cuban regime,Bruno Rodriguez Grill, attributed the incident to an individual who had thrown two Molotov cocktails at the building.
The owner of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) He indicated that no one had been injured during the incident.
“Today night, 9/24, the Cuban Embassy in the United States was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who threw 2 Molotov cocktails. There were no injuries to personnel. The details are being specified,” said Rodríguez Parrilla.
At the time of writing this note, there is no official statement from the United States authorities.
Lianys Torres Rivera, head of the Cuban Mission in the United States, shared on her X account images of the diplomatic headquarters where at least three Secret Service agents went.
Shared photographs They showed the harmlessness of some Molotov cocktails that barely scorched a square meter of the façade and the garden.
However, the tenant of the Palace of the Revolution stated that this “act of violence and impotence could have cost valuable lives.” Faithful to the rhetoric of his "continuity", the ruler blamed the authorship of the alleged attack on the "haters", the name with which the regime identifies its detractors.
His words were immediately responded to by many Cubans on social media, with the majority expressing skepticism and disbelief about the official version and reminding Díaz-Canel of the history of terrorist actions committed in the name of the so-called “revolution.”
“The circus has no end. We will continue waiting for the investigations. “Communism is a LIE,” responded a Cuban X user.
“Don't worry Inept. The attacker of the Cuban embassy in Washington in 2020, Alexander Alazo, is still in prison. We Cubans are still waiting for the convictions of the murderers of 41 human beings during the sinking of the tugboat 13 de Marzo,” another reminded him.
“Stop victimizing yourself DICTATOR. You are a Criminal Against Humanity. A guy who imprisons for protesting for expressing himself. Your agents attack the homes of dissidents, harass their families and their children in their schools. You have 1,045 Political Prisoners, 122 Women and 34 minors,” another Cuban answered on social networks.
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