By Evaristo Lara
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, affirms that Cuba rejected an offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid made by the United Stateswhich the island authorities categorically rule out.
“We have offered the regime $100 million dollars in humanitarian aid that, unfortunately, until now they have not agreed to distribute among the Cuban people. We hope to be able to do so because “We want to help the people of Cuba, who are being harmed by this incompetent regime that has destroyed the country and the economy,” he said. the republican from Italy before various news media.
In response, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, issued a statement through platform X, formerly known as Twitter, where he accuses the Florida politician of lying with the aim of destabilizing the nation where his ancestors were born.
“Aware that he needs to lie to justify his legal attack against the Cuban people, the US Secretary of State invents the fable of an alleged offer of aid valued at $100 million dollars or more, seeking to deceive the people of Cuba and the American people themselves,” he wrote.
Immediately afterwards, the Caribbean official blamed Rubio for strengthening the economic blockade imposed by the United States on the island in such a way that its inhabitants suffer more from the shortage of products and fuel.
“What the anti-Cuban politician knows very well, as many people know, because it is public information, are the figures in billions of dollars that the United States’ economic war costs Cuba. It takes great cynicism to shamelessly utter a declaration of supposed help in such a mendacious manner.”, he emphasized.
After Donald Trump managed to overthrow Nicolás Maduro from the presidency of Venezuela, millions of barrels of oil from the Bolivarian Republic stopped being supplied to Cuba and that aggravated its problems by lacking the gasoline and diesel necessary for vehicles to move the little food they produce.
This lack of fuel also affects the generation of electricity in Cuban territory and even the hospitals where they provide medical care to the population.
However, Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of Cuba, declared a few days ago that he does not intend to give in to the pressure of an adversary obsessed for decades with taking over the island.
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