The Cuban chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla responded on Tuesday to the words of U.S. President Donald Trump at the 81st General Assembly of the UN, describing his statements as "falsehoods" and "slander" in a post on his social media.
Trump stated at the multilateral forum that Cuba "is an absolutely failed state" and predicted the downfall of the regime. In protest, the Cuban delegation left the UN hall while the president was giving his speech.
Rodríguez Parrilla posted a message on social media and rejected the words of the U.S. president.
"The United States government is unable to accept that Cuba is, and has the right to be, a fully independent and sovereign country. None of the falsehoods from the President of the U.S. at the United Nations, nor any slander, can or will deny that fact," Rodríguez stated.
The head of Cuban diplomacy also condemned the U.S. embargo, calling it "an act of genocide and collective punishment."
"The economic blockade, including the energy siege, does threaten Cuba and the rest of the nations. We are a country of peace and we deserve peace," said the chancellor.
In his speech, Trump closed the passage dedicated to Cuba with a promise: "Communism will never reach America, but freedom will reach Cuba."
The president also accused the Cuban regime of "spending decades coordinating with leftist radicals and communist networks" within the United States, mentioning the American Communist Party, Antifa, and the Democratic Socialists of America, relying on a report from the State Department published in July 2026.
Trump also added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio "is conducting the negotiations" with Havana, a statement that directly contradicts what Rodríguez Parrilla himself declared on September 8: "There have been, and there are, no negotiations, nor are there agreements or roadmaps."
The Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel also reacted on social media with a tone similar to that of Rodríguez Parrilla. He accused Trump of resorting to lies at the UN.
"Unable to justify the punishment against the people of Cuba and their genocidal economic war, the U.S. president repeats at the UN that Cuba represents a threat. The lie is the resource of those who refuse to accept the right to self-determination of the Cuban people," said Díaz-Canel.
Rodríguez is scheduled to formally address the General Assembly on Friday, September 26, when the regime will provide its official response from the same forum where Trump issued his warnings on Tuesday.
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