"Stupid and Biased": Congressman Rejects Rubio's Report Against Cuba

U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan condemned on Wednesday, July 22nd, a State Department report through which the Donald Trump administration is attempting to justify military aggression against Cuba.

It is "the stupidest, most fantastical, and most biased thing I have ever read from a government agency," Pocan stated in a message on X.

The member of the House of Representatives noted that he and his colleagues Delia Ramírez, Maxine Dexter, and Teresa Leger Fernandez recently conducted a fact-finding trip to Cuba, where they witnessed firsthand the hardships caused by the U.S. blockade and energy siege.

"We will continue to do everything in our power to change U.S. policy and end the blockade that harms the Cuban people."

"Unhinged Analysis"

On Tuesday, Representative Ramírez also rejected Rubio's document, calling it an "unhinged analysis" that deliberately omits Washington's history of interventionist policies in the region.

"Secretary Rubio's unhinged 'analysis' omits the fact that for over six decades, U.S. policies have destabilized our neighbors in Latin America—including Cuba—through sanctions, embargoes, military coups, territorial control, and colonization," she added on her X account. "Today, the Trump State Department, led by Rubio, continues that imperialist tradition."

These lawmakers recently traveled to Cuba and described the island as a "silent Gaza" due to the social and economic toll wrought by the escalating siege driven by the Trump administration.

Trump's Hostile Agenda Against Cuba

Since returning to the White House, far-right President Donald Trump has intensified Washington's hostile agenda against Cuba.

In this context, the administration has tightened the six-decade-old blockade against the island nation, a policy estimated to have caused losses exceeding $2.1 trillion for the Cuban people.

Concurrently, the administration imposed an energy siege restricting fuel and oil imports, worsening the island's electrical crisis. Furthermore, Washington declared Cuba an alleged "unusual and extraordinary threat," issued new coercive measures targeting tourism and commercial sectors, and maintains continuous threats of military intervention against Havana.

In response, Cuba has denounced the ongoing siege and reiterated its commitment to defend its sovereignty firmly, while calling on Washington to engage in a dialogue based on mutual respect and equal footing without preconditions.

Translated by Sergio A. Paneque Díaz / CubaSí Translation Staff