{"id":11259,"date":"2026-05-21T02:49:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=11259"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:49:52","slug":"cuban-diplomat-slams-despicable-u-s-campaign-against-raul-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/cuban-diplomat-slams-despicable-u-s-campaign-against-raul-castro-21052026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Diplomat Slams \u201cDespicable\u201d U.S. Campaign Against Ra\u00fal Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The diplomat characterized the imputations as unfounded, lacking any legal, political, or moral basis, denouncing them as a \u201cdespicable act\u201d forming part of Washington\u2019s escalating aggressive campaign to discredit the Cuban Revolution and its leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These latest allegations are perceived as a calculated maneuver to generate international pressure and undermine Cuba\u2019s standing, particularly targeting its historical leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>RELATED: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/telesurenglish.net\/diaz-canel-rejects-denial-of-u-s-blockades-effects-on-cuban-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Diaz-Canel Rejects Denial of U.S. Blockade\u2019s Effects on Cuban Development<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo issued a stern warning that prominent international media and several United States outlets are actively promoting the notion of the inevitability of a military aggression against the Caribbean country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official indicated that these powerful media corporations are exploiting the incident of February 24, 1996, as a pretext for their narratives. This strategy, he asserted, is fueled either by direct requests from the United States Government itself or by an insatiable appetite for sensationalism, thereby manipulating public opinion and manufacturing consent for potential hostile actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This continuous media campaign is seen as a dangerous precedent, echoing historical patterns of justification for intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diplomat unequivocally reminded the international community that the downing of two light aircraft that had blatantly violated Cuban airspace in 1996 was solely the responsibility of the United States Government. He meticulously detailed that between 1994 and 1996, there were dozens of incursions by the self-proclaimed organization <em>\u201cBrothers to the Rescue<\/em>\u201d and that Cuba, through diplomatic channels, issued warnings on 25 occasions to the U.S. State Department and the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the existing danger, explicitly requesting the revocation of the pilots\u2019 licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Havana presented irrefutable evidence demonstrating that the White House, the State Department, and various security agencies possessed prior knowledge that these persistent incursions would inevitably provoke a defensive response from Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice Foreign Minister cited recently declassified revelations from the U.S. National Security Archive, through which Washington itself acknowledged the clear violation of international law. These documents further recognized the inherent danger posed by the provocations emanating from the Florida-based organization and the high probability that his country would exercise its legitimate right to protect its territory after years of extraordinary patience and tolerance in the face of repeated breaches of its sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his part, The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed that the actions taken on February 24, 1996, strictly corresponded to the fulfillment of its duty to protect its national airspace and patriotc sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo contended that the current judicial accusation leveled against Ra\u00fal Castro and other Cubans represents an additional and grave threat. He highlighted Washington\u2019s historical practice of employing fabricated pretexts to justify armed interventions against sovereign states, a pattern that consistently undermines international law and peace. The diplomat emphatically underscored that any attempt at military aggression against Cuba will be met with the fierce resistance of the Cuban people, united in defense of their hard-won independence and self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official further linked the controversial reactivation of this case to a political favor specifically designed to appease a powerful, economically and politically entrenched clique in Miami. He firmly stated that this particular sector, while influential, is not representative of the entirety of the United States, nor does it truly represent the vast majority of Cubans residing in that country. Nevertheless, he noted that this specific group exerts a disproportionate influence over the decisions made by the White House, primarily due to the inherent nature and vulnerabilities of the United States political system. This dynamic, he argued, allows a vocal minority to shape foreign policy in ways that contradict broader national interests and promote aggressive agendas against Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ongoing campaign against Cuban leadership is a blatant manifestation of the continuous U.S. policy of hostility and interference aimed at destabilizing the Cuban Government and reversing the gains of the Cuban Revolution, attempting to create a false narrative that can serve as justification for more severe measures, including military action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diplomat characterized the imputations as unfounded, lacking any legal, political, or moral basis, denouncing them as a &ldquo;despicable act&rdquo; forming part of Washington&rsquo;s escalating aggressive campaign to discredit the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-11259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11261,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11259\/revisions\/11261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11259"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}