Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel has rejected the U.S. accusation against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Ra\u00fal Castro, and asserted that Washington is attempting to discredit a hero of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe purported accusation against Army General Ra\u00fal Castro Ruz, which the US government has just announced, only demonstrates the arrogance and frustration that the unwavering resolve of the Cuban Revolution and the unity and moral strength of its leadership provoke in the representatives of the empire,\u201d the head of state declared in a message on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also stated that \u201cthis is a political action, without any legal basis, which only seeks to bolster the case they are fabricating to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe United States is lying,\u201d he asserted, adding that U.S. authorities are manipulating \u201cthe events surrounding the downing of the planes belonging to the Brothers to the Rescue narco-terrorist organization in 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
D\u00edaz-Canel emphasized that \u201cthere is ample documentary evidence\u201d to confirm that \u201cwe did not act recklessly nor violate international law, as U.S. military forces have been doing with their coldly calculated and openly publicized extrajudicial killings of civilian vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stressed that \u201con February 24, 1996, Cuba acted in legitimate self-defense within its territorial waters, following repeated and dangerous violations of our airspace by notorious terrorists, about which the U.S. administration at the time was warned on more than a dozen occasions, but ignored the warnings and allowed the violations to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ethical stature and humanist spirit of his work refute any slanderous accusations leveled against Army General Ra\u00fal Castro,\u201d he asserted, emphasizing that the Cuban revolutionary leader, \u201cas a guerrilla leader and as a statesman, earned the love of his people, in addition to the respect and admiration of other leaders in the region and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese values \u200b\u200bare his best defense and a moral shield against the ridiculous attempt to diminish his heroic stature,\u201d the Cuban president declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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