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The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, met this Friday with the NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, during the meeting of the Alliance's Foreign Ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, while in Havana, the Cuban regime mobilized military personnel, police, and public workers toward the Anti-Imperialist Tribune on the Malecón for an event in support of Raúl Castro.
In his post on X following the meeting, Rubio emphasized that the Alliance must commit "to rapidly scale up defense production, expand the transatlantic defense industrial base, and turn spending commitments into real combat capabilities."
"A stronger Europe means a stronger NATO," declared the Secretary of State.
While Rubio was negotiating in Sweden, in Havana the regime was organizing a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy, called by the Young Communist League for 7:30 am this Friday.
The action corresponds to the federal criminal charge filed on May 20 by the U.S. Department of Justice against Raúl Castro for the shooting down of two planes from Brothers to the Rescue on February 24, 1996, a crime that cost the lives of four Cuban-Americans.
The charges include conspiracy to assassinate U.S. citizens, destruction of civilian aircraft, and four counts of homicide.
Last Thursday, Rubio described Raúl Castro as a "fugitive from U.S. justice" and warned that he would not disclose how he plans to bring him to court.
The regime's response has been a wave of institutional acts of support that combine state machinery with forced mobilization.
The State Council and the Cuban Parliament issued statements describing the accusation as a "farce," while the regime converted workplaces into stages for political events with workers summoned during working hours.
The U.S. Embassy in Havana warned last Thursday that the Cuban government had organized a protest in front of its premises for this Friday, confirming the orchestrated nature of the mobilization.
This Friday morning, military personnel, police, and workers began to gather at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, in an image that encapsulates the nature of the regime: while its main accuser was negotiating global security in Europe, Havana responded with a concentration of uniformed personnel in front of the embassy of the country demanding justice for four citizens killed nearly 30 years ago.
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