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The Cuban chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla lashed out this Saturday against the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, accusing him of deliberately confusing the figures and Cuba's response regarding the amounts of humanitarian aid announced by Washington since November 2025.
In his social media post, Rodríguez emphasized that the Cuban regime's position "has remained unchanged": "our Government does not reject or obstruct the aid offered unconditionally, no matter how cynical and ridiculous it may seem."
The chancellor detailed the delivery timelines of previous aid to challenge the seriousness of the American announcements: "It took them over six months to finalize the total shipment of the first aid valued at 3 million USD. It took nearly four months to send a portion of the 6 million USD that was announced."
Based on that data, Rodríguez posed a rhetorical question about the 100 million dollars that Rubio announced in May from Rome: "How long could it take to secure the 100 million USD? What can 100 million USD mean when their economic blockade and energy siege cause annual damages of over 5 billion USD?"
The chancellor concluded that "the Secretary of State and his Department lack a real interest in implementing those aids in the short term" and that "such lies and delays only demonstrate the clearly propagandistic nature of those announcements."
This new verbal exchange occurs amidst escalating tensions between Havana and Washington. On June 4, Rubio sanctioned CUPET and expanded measures against Díaz-Canel, his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza, Alejandro Castro Espín, and several Cuban state entities such as MINFAR, the CDR, and ICAP.
Rodríguez has been responding to Rubio on social media for weeks. At the end of May, the chancellor accused Rubio of having a "sick inclination" to provoke a military confrontation between the two countries.
On May 12, Rodríguez himself denied having received a formal offer of 100 million and described it as a "tale," although he did not formally reject it.
Three days later, Rubio insisted that the funds were available "right now" for food and medicine, contingent upon their distribution by independent organizations outside the Cuban state.
The series of announcements began in November 2025, when Washington allocated 3 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Cuba following Hurricane Melissa, as part of a regional package of 24 million. In February 2026, the State Department announced an additional 6 million in rice, beans, pasta, tuna, and solar lamps, distributed by the Catholic Church and Caritas.
Rodríguez ended his post with a question that encapsulates the regime's official stance: "Wouldn't it be more humanitarian to lift the illegal energy blockade?"
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