Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said this Saturday that the regime is willing to have a "serious" and "non-interference" dialogue with the United States
“ We will also be willing to engage in serious and responsible dialogue with the government of the United States, without interference in internal matters or in the respective political, economic, and social systems,” commented Rodríguez during the High-Level Forum of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and Africa, which is being held in Bogotá, according to EFE.
In his speech, Rodríguez Parilla exhausted the usual clichés of the regime’s propaganda.
He said that Cuba will defend its sovereignty "at all costs" and criticized the intensification of U.S. sanctions.
"Today we witness the return of aggressive imperialist practices with no disguise or only slightly masked by modern rhetoric. The doctrine of peace through strength, championed by Washington, is the new expression of domination, military interventions, threats, and the use of force," he said.
He also sought the support of Latin American and African countries for his medical missions, stating that "no campaign of discredit can or will erase the demonstrated and significant impact of Cuba's collaboration in countries across all regions for more than six decades, particularly in the field of health."
On Wednesday, the island's foreign minister accused the United States of attempting to “destroy the constitutional order and take control of the country,” in a message posted on social media following the recent statements from President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding Cuba.
“USA threatens Cuba with destroying the constitutional order and taking control of the country,” wrote Rodríguez Parrilla on his social media.
In the same message, he denounced that "the collective punishment imposed on us Cubans will not undermine the full exercise of sovereignty nor our creativity in the face of the blockade and the energy siege" and warned that "any aggression from imperialism will clash with the unyielding will of the Cuban people in defense of the homeland's independence."
The statements from the representative of the regime's diplomacy are part of the response from the Cuban leadership to a series of pronouncements made earlier this week from Washington.
From the White House, Donald Trump labeled Cuba a "failed nation" and claimed he could take control of the country. “If I free it, I take it. I think I can do whatever I want with it,” he said this Monday. He also described the island as a resource-less territory: “They have no money, they have no oil, they have nothing.”
The next day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the Cuban economy "does not work" and that the system has survived thanks to external subsidies.
“They need to put new people in charge. They must change drastically,” he stated, while also advocating for the need for deep transformations in the country's leadership. At the same time, Trump supported ongoing contacts and assured that they would "do something very soon" regarding Cuba.
In response to those statements, Miguel Díaz-Canel also reacted with a message in which he accused the United States of threatening "almost daily" to overthrow the Cuban constitutional order.
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