Facing Meddling Attempts: An Island Standing Firm

In yet another display of his obsession with subverting Cuba’s constitutional order, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed, as he claimed with honor, his mercenaries on the island to reaffirm his "support" for the Cuba they seek to impose on the nation.

This figure shared on X the same hashtags that served as a rallying cry for those who incited violence during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to call for chaos while Cuba fought to save lives, a time when even oxygen was denied to the island by those who now pretend to care deeply about the Cuban people and their future.

Such behavior was condemned on X by Cuban Foreign Minister and Politburo member Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who stated that the Secretary of State "urges his paid agents" in Cuba "to subvert the constitutional order and carry out the orders of those who inflict suffering on the Cuban people. While he uses federal funds to enrich his corrupt operatives, millions of U.S. citizens are denied access to healthcare," he argued.

Former Senator Rubio has a long history of attacks and aggression against the land where his parents were born. He is largely responsible for Donald Trump’s decision, on his first day in the White House, to reverse the limited steps taken by his predecessor, Joe Biden, and reinstate Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Days later, driven by his delusional desire to destroy the Cuban Revolution and reinstate a hardline policy toward the island, Rubio reactivated the so-called Restricted List on January 31, prohibiting transactions with companies linked to the Revolutionary Armed Forces' business group.

To make matters worse, he also included the remittance processing company Orbit S.A. on that list, cutting off a vital channel through which Cuban emigrants sent money to their families on the island.

In response to these arbitrary measures, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote on X that he was not surprised by "the criminal measures announced to threaten Cuba, a country that has not a single active measure against the U.S." He questioned, "How can anyone claim to care about the well-being of Cubans while imposing new suffocating measures?"

It is worth recalling that in 2017 and beyond, the current Secretary of State was the main instigator in Congress regarding the alleged health incidents reported by U.S. diplomats in Havana. Rubio championed the narrative of what Washington and the U.S. press called "sonic attacks," despite persistent skepticism among lawmakers from both parties regarding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and State Department’s claims.

As further proof of the hostile U.S. policy toward Cuba, Rubio has recently sought to discredit Cuba’s international medical missions, as seen during his Caribbean tour, where he pushed to restrict visas for officials associated with these missions, baselessly accusing them of "human trafficking."

Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío explained that the recently announced U.S. memorandum against Cuba bears the influence of Rubio and anti-Cuban factions.

Translated by Sergio A. Paneque Díaz / CubaSí Translated Staff