“Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba”: Cuban Ambassador RIPS Into Rubio, Accuses U.S. Of Bullying

It comes amid an intensification of bullying, harassment and political pressure against sovereign countries, particularly in recent weeks in an effort to force them to change their vote on the Cuban resolution against the blockade, which will be considered this 27th and 28th of October. The U.S. Secretary of State himself, who in my humble opinion has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba, has been reaching out directly to head of state and government in a desperate attempt to pressure them into changing their country's positions and votes on the resolution. This is an unacceptable campaign of political bullying and intimidation. aimed at interfere with the sovereign decisions of the UN member states. This exposes the lengths to which Washington is willing to go. Sir, I thought... Good morning, everyone. First of all, I would like to thank you, all of you, to be with us today, this morning. In the eastern end of the time, I will read a brief statement and later my colleagues, they will distribute it among you. So good morning. We appear before all of you today to denounce the holding next Monday, on 19 October, at the United Nations headquarters of an event convened by the permanent mission of the United States under the provocative title, Cuba Libre, the Oppression, Havana Heights. We denounce this event in the strongest possible terms. It is a politically motivated exercise, organized in a questionable manner, whose clear purpose is to target Cuba, promote a hostile narrative against our country, and use the premises of the United Nations to advance the political agenda of the United States government against a sovereign member state. Here I have the copy of the invitation, of course, they didn't send us, but we have very good friends all over around the world, that is something that they cannot say. And it says, like we said in Cuba, if you have a friend, you have the sugar cane factory. So here he said, the representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, ambassador, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, request the pleasure of the company of the permanent representative, blah, blah, blah, blah, Monday, October 19, 1.30 to 2.30, United Nations headquarters, conference room 6. And we have also the concept note. Here you have, we have some interesting topics in this note. For example, it said the panelist names are not being shared prior to the event. Why is that? What is the reason for the secret? Why they don't know to present the people that are going to talk during this event? Of course, We know that these people, they are not coming to say that on January 29, 2026, the President of the United States signing an executive order established sanctions to any foreign company or foreign country that sell oil to Cuba. That is the reason because Cuba have not received any oil tanker since during the last 10 months, just one, coming from Russia as a humanitarian air. or they are not coming to say that Cuba has 7,000 containers in the international ports that no shipping company wants to take to Cuba because they are afraid to be sanctioned. Because on May 1, 2026, the President of the United States signed an executive order to establish secondary sanctions to any company, to any country that established bilateral or maintained bilateral trade relations with Cuba, like it is their rights. The paper said also the meeting will be open to invited press. I'm not sure if you have been invited, but it's obvious that they want to produce a media show. And to do that, they need a press that publish what they want to publish and not what you consider interesting to publish. It also said that there will be no ability to provide an intervention. So it's just to go there, listen what they have to say, and halas. They are not interested in anything else. They are not interested to know your opinion about what they are talking about. And, of course, it's an event by invitation, which is not the practice in the UN. Like a practice in the UN is to organize events that everybody can attend, everybody has the right to make comments, and everybody has the right to have an exchange. So, going back to my statement, let us be clear. The United Nations is not a platform for political persecution, interference in the internal affair of the state, or campaigns aimed at undermining their sovereignty. Such an initiative violates the rules governing the use of UN premises, including Administrative Instruction ST/IA/2019/4, which requires that events held in the UN facilities be consistent with the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and respect the dignity of the organization. The double standards are also evident. The United States continues to accumulate unpaid assessed contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations, undermining the organization's financial stability while using public funds and taxpayer money to organize meetings that have nothing to do with the UN agenda. While the United States organized an event to attack Cuba at the UN headquarters, it deliberately avoided addressing the only item on the UN agenda specifically devoted to Cuba, which is the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo that the United States itself imposed in our country. This is not an isolated initiative. It comes amid an intensification of bullying, harassment and political pressure against sovereign countries, particularly in recent weeks, in an effort to force them to change their vote on the Cuban resolution against the blockade, which will be considered this 27th and 28th of October. The U.S. Secretary of State himself, who, in my humble opinion, has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba, has been reaching out directly to Havana's state and government in a desperate attempt to pressure them into changing their country's positions and votes on the resolution. This is an unacceptable campaign of political bullying and intimidation aimed and interfered with the sovereign decisions of the U.N. member states. This exposes the lengths to which Washington is willing to go. Having said that, the upcoming U.S. event is nothing more than a political charade, intending to distract international attention from the mounting rejection of the blockade and to undermine support for the draft resolution. I have to be very clear. Cuba will not be intimidated, blackmailed, or silenced. We call on all member states to uphold the U.N. Charter, reject coercion and double standards, and support the resolution to end the U.S. blockade against Cuba on 27 and 28 October as its devastating impact on the Cuban people has reached unprecedented levels this year. The issue before the international community is clear. The United States should stop attacking Cuba and comply with the repeated demands of the international community to end its illegal and inhumane blockade. Cuba is not a threat. The blockade is I insist Cuba is not a threat the blockade is thank you very much. Have a good day Subscribe to One India and never miss an update download the One India app now