Cuba's Foreign Minister Calls Rubio a Liar Over 100 Million Dollar Blackout Aid Push
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Cuba's Foreign Minister Calls Rubio a Liar Over 100 Million Dollar Blackout Aid Push
4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying about Cuba being a U.S. national security threat and of trying to sway Americans toward aggression against the island.
Rubio's remarks came after the Trump administration intensified pressure on Cuba, including a grand jury indictment of former president Raul Castro and what Rodriguez called a complete energy blockade ordered on January 29.
100 million dollars in U.S. assistance pledged by Rubio on May 20 for Cuba's power crisis was dismissed by Rodriguez as cruel, saying U.S. oil restrictions have driven blackouts across much of the country since January.
10 million Cubans on an island of about 100,000 square kilometers cannot plausibly threaten a nuclear superpower, Rodriguez said, rejecting Washington's security claims even as U.S. officials cite Cuban drones from Russia and China.
The clash underscores a sharper U.S.-Cuba confrontation under Trump, with Havana framing sanctions, blackout pressure and regime-change rhetoric as part of a broader campaign to isolate the communist government.
Can $100 million in U.S. aid solve a Cuban crisis intensified by its own energy blockade?
Is the U.S. blockade accelerating regime change in Cuba or creating a deeper humanitarian catastrophe?
Is indicting 94-year-old Raúl Castro about justice for a 1996 crime, or a strategic move in today's standoff?