Cuban FM warns of ‘looming war’ in Caribbean, denounces US at UNGA: Video
Havana has accused Washington of escalating tensions in Latin America through military pressure and economic sanctions.
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez used his address at the 80th UN General Assembly to denounce what he described as an “extraordinary” and “unjustifiable” US military deployment in the Caribbean, warning that it posed a looming threat of war and undermined regional peace.
“In the Caribbean Sea, today looms the threat of war with an extraordinary naval and aerial deployment of an offensive nature. Absolutely unjustifiable, with missiles, landing and assault craft, and nuclear submarines. Ballistic missiles with nuclear capacity are being launched as tests. The United States uses the pretext of fighting crime and drug trafficking, a myth that no one in this room believes”, Rodríguez told delegates in New York.
He reaffirmed Havana’s “total support” for Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro, condemned Washington’s actions as violations of international law, and expressed “firm solidarity” with the Palestinian people, accusing Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza with US backing.
Rodríguez also reiterated Cuba’s rejection of unilateral sanctions against countries such as Belarus, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Iran and Russia, while stressing that the US embargo on Cuba remains a “prolonged economic war” aimed at depriving its citizens of basic means of livelihood.
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