Cuba rejects Trump's UN accusations, denies being a threat to US

Cuba's top officials forcefully rejected President Donald Trump's accusations against the island nation during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, insisting that Cuba poses no threat to the United States or any other country.

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called Trump's statements "falsehoods" and said the U.S. government is "incapable of accepting that Cuba is, and has the right to be, a fully independent and sovereign country" Source: Clarin. President Miguel Díaz-Canel echoed the sentiment, stating that "the lie is the resource of those who refuse to accept the right of the Cuban people to self-determination" Source: Infobae.

The confrontation at the UN

During his address, Trump declared that Cuba is "an absolutely failed state" and that it "will fall" under U.S. pressure Source: La Voz. He also threatened to use military force in Latin America to secure U.S. interests. In response, the Cuban delegation walked out of the General Assembly hall Source: Clarin.

Cuba's counter-accusations

Rodríguez characterized the U.S. economic blockade, including an energy siege, as "an act of genocide and collective punishment" that threatens Cuba and other nations Source: Infobae. He argued that Washington uses the war on drugs as a pretext for militarization in the region Source: La Voz. The relationship between the two countries remains at one of its most tense points, with recent talks yielding no public results Source: Infobae.