Cuba Faces the World's Greatest Terrorist, Former Uruguayan Official Asserts

MONTEVIDEO — Cuba is currently facing the largest terrorist on the planet, U.S. President Donald Trump, former Uruguayan Health Minister María Julia Muñoz stated in Montevideo.

She spoke during an event honoring the Cuban medical brigade that has delivered 19 years of healthcare collaboration in Uruguay through Operation Miracle, which has restored sight to more than 122,000 Uruguayan citizens.

Her remarks came in response to pressure from the U.S. government seeking to halt Cuban health cooperation in Uruguay and other countries, which primarily benefits vulnerable populations.

Muñoz served as the first Health Minister during the administration of late President Tabaré Vázquez of the Frente Amplio. In that role, she oversaw the birth of the bilateral agreement that initially sent Uruguayan patients to Cuba for surgery in 2005, paving the way for the 2007 opening of the "José Martí" Eye Hospital, a facility of national reference.

“Cuba fills sister nations with health, and I believe that deserves sincere gratitude,” she expressed.

She recalled the first patient flights to Havana, where individuals, including children, returned “seeing colors, seeing the faces of their families,” exercising their human right to sight.

Reflecting on those early years, Muñoz recalled visiting Havana's ophthalmological hospital and witnessing the skill of Cuban surgeons performing cataract operations and treating other vision ailments.

In particular, she referenced her meeting with President Fidel Castro and his detailed questions regarding the advanced equipment Cuba subsequently donated to establish the hospital, where the island's medical brigade remains stationed to perform countrywide screenings.

Speaking to Prensa Latina, Muñoz emphasized that Cuba not only donated state-of-the-art equipment for the hospital, but also provided funding to ensure the project was completed.

“It is a lie that Cuba receives monetary compensation for its medical cooperation with Uruguay,” the former minister stressed, pointing to the terms of the bilateral agreement and the practice maintained over the years.

“It is a complete falsehood that Cuban doctors are subjects of labor slavery—a lie fabricated by the United States to intensify its inhumane and genocidal blockade against Cuba,” she noted.

“The Cuban people deserve our solidarity as they face the most inhumane, terrorist cruelty, whose primary exponent is Donald Trump,” she added.

“The real fight against terrorism in the world, and the one Cuba endures, is against that exercised by the U.S. government,” she concluded.