In a post on his official Twitter profile, the head of Cuban diplomacy questioned the US official’s statements about alleged internal management problems in Cuba and asserted that Washington maintains a strategy aimed at obstructing the nation’s access to fuel, technology, and financing.

“When the US Secretary of State speaks of incompetence in Cuba, we should ask him why he chronically lies and contradicts the US President and his spokesperson by denying the existence of the total fuel blockade that the White House admits,” Rodriguez stated.

The foreign minister also questioned whether, if incompetence existed as Rubio argues, the application of restrictive measures and sanctions against strategic sectors of the Cuban economy would be pointless.

According to the Foreign Minister, US policy also seeks to affect key economic activities through measures targeting companies linked to nickel production, tourism, and mining.

“It blackmails and threatens the states that sovereignly maintain cooperation agreements with Cuba in the area of ​​health,” the foreign minister stated, asserting that the plan meticulously targets the development of the Cuban economy and the origin of all its funds, Rodriguez declared.

He also described the measures as a “total blockade,” comparable to a military siege, and accused Rubio of promoting actions aimed at undermining the Cuban constitutional order.

“Meanwhile, he openly calls for the subversion of the Cuban constitutional order and tenaciously seeks a US military intervention in Cuba,” the foreign minister concluded.

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