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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla asked the planetary assemblage for urgent assistance to forestall catastrophe successful his country, which is nether a U.S. vigor blockade, successful a code to the UN Security Council connected Tuesdayc(May 26, 2026).
“I telephone connected the planetary assemblage to mobilize to forestall a humanitarian catastrophe that could beryllium imposed done arms oregon the substance blockade,” Mr. Rodriguez said.
He added, “now should beryllium the clip for solidarity with Cuba.”
U.S. President Donald Trump has openly mused astir taking implicit communist Cuba, saying that aft the U.S. onslaught successful January that ousted Nicolas Maduro successful Venezuela, Havana could beryllium his adjacent people for subject enactment and large change.
Due successful portion to a U.S. commercialized embargo imposed aft Fidel Castro came to powerfulness successful 1959, Cubans person suffered dire economical conditions for years, with shortages of food, medicine and different basics. Nationwide powerfulness blackouts are common.
Things got worse erstwhile Mr. Trump chopped disconnected the proviso of lipid from Havana’s state Venezuela aft the ouster of Maduro.
The Trump medication tightened the screws past week by indicting Raul Castro implicit the downing of 2 tiny U.S.-based planes successful 1996, fueling fears the United States was seeking a pretext to overthrow the authorities successful Havana.
The time aft the Castro indictment was announced, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Cuba that the United States was laser-focused connected changing the communist system.
On Tuesday (May 26, 2026), Mr. Rodriguez called the indictment politically motivated and denied U.S. allegations that Cuba poses a nationalist information menace to the United States.
“It is an thought that goes against logic and communal sense,” helium told the council. “Let Cuba unrecorded successful peace.”
