The Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, denounced today the recent measures taken by the United States against his country, specifically pointing to the filing of charges against Raúl Castro, which he characterized as a comprehensive offensive.

The deputy foreign minister specified that this recent set of policies seeks to drag the island back into the past, "to a relationship of political and economic dependence on the United States."

While speaking on the radio and television program Mesa Redonda, he stated that actions like today's are acts of provocation designed to manufacture pretexts, as well as to bring the nation closer to the threat of military aggression and terrorist acts.

In tandem with this, Fernández de Cossío noted, there remains the ongoing war waged by Washington against the Cuban people, which for decades has targeted and successfully imposed immense limitations on the performance of the national economy.