Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío denounced on Sunday that the United States is funding press articles to justify military aggression against Cuba, amid military movements taking place in Puerto Rico.

In a message published on the social network X, the diplomat noted that "the trending news topic is the military movements and maneuvers in Puerto Rico," but warned that none of these articles include "any reflection on the legality of a criminal act such as the one being promoted."

Fernández de Cossío criticized the texts for omitting any mention of potential pretexts used to justify aggression, the loss of life and destruction it would cause, the regional instability it would generate, and "much less, the deeply immoral nature of the attempt."

The deputy foreign minister charged that the U.S. government complements this campaign with "opinion pieces by hired liars" whose assignment is to inflate "the fallacy that Cuba constitutes or could constitute a threat to the U.S."

He emphasized that such an assertion is absurd when contrasted with the military power of the United States: the world's leading nuclear power, possessing 5,200 nuclear warheads, 11 aircraft carriers, bases or military presence throughout the hemisphere, and powerful intelligence agencies.

Fernández de Cossío further recalled that Washington possesses "the ability to economically and commercially intimidate almost any country," making the attempt to present Cuba as a threat even more ridiculous.

The deputy minister concluded that the U.S. media campaign seeks to "convince the public of the inevitability, natural materialization, and eventual execution of military aggression against Cuba," and warned of the dangers posed by this escalatory propaganda.