The Cuban chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla declared this Friday that the United States “applies discriminatory, repressive, and illegal policies” against Cubans residing in that country, which he claims infringes on their dignity and human rights.
"While resorting to blackmail, intimidation, and the implementation of an increasing number of unilateral coercive measures against our nations that violate International Law," the diplomat added on his official X account (formerly Twitter).
The statements made by the representative of the Cuban regime, expressed during a meeting of ALBA-TCP, were met with skepticism and criticism, given the history of systematic human rights violations on the island.
The government of Havana keeps hundreds of political prisoners in its jails, violently represses citizen protests, restricts fundamental freedoms, and increasingly impoverishes the population, forcing hundreds of thousands of Cubans to emigrate, especially to the United States.
Precisely those Cubans whom the chancellor claims to defend were pushed out of the country due to a lack of opportunities, ideological persecution, and the economic collapse caused by a system that closed off their future.
Once abroad, they are seen by the regime as a source of income through the sending of remittances and packages to their relatives, who often end up becoming emotional and economic hostages paying the high prices imposed by the monopoly of the Business Administration Group S.A. (GAESA), which maintains control of the dollarized economy of the country in the hands of the military and the hierarchy of the dictatorship.
While Havana endeavors to position itself as an advocate for its nationals in the U.S., it ignores the numerous reports from international organizations regarding the lack of guarantees for civil and political rights within the island.
The regime's concern does not seem to focus on the dignity or human rights of Cubans, but rather on maintaining the financial flows that support its fragile economy.
That double standard reveals the profound hypocrisy of a totalitarian communist system that claims to protect those it has expelled while continuing to deny the most basic rights to those who still live under its control.
The dilemma of deportations
Recently, the Cuban regime described the threat of deporting Cuban migrants from the United States as a "act of cruel cynicism", despite the fact that many of them claimed to have fled repression and dictatorship on the island.
However, accepting their return poses a direct challenge to the official narrative, which insists on blaming external factors for the mass exodus while ignoring the internal causes that provoke it: censorship, harassment, and a lack of basic freedoms.
On March 27, a new deportation flight landed in Havana with 60 Cuban migrants expelled from the U.S. At least two of them were detained upon arrival, one for prior criminal charges and the other for having emigrated while on probation.
These cases reinforce international concern about the treatment of returning Cubans, who may be subjected to interrogations, surveillance, and social restrictions upon re-entering the country.
The regime's concern does not seem to be focused on the dignity or human rights of Cubans, but rather on maintaining the financial flows that support its fragile economy.
That double standard reveals the profound hypocrisy of a system that claims to protect those it has expelled while continuing to deny the most basic rights to those who still live under its control.
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