The Cuban government has called Wednesday’s arrest warrant issued by the Florida courts for former President Raul Castro an «infamous act» and warned that the United States must change its policy towards the island amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has stated during a press conference that the arrest warrant against Castro has «no legal, ethical, or practical value.» Likewise, he has accused the Trump Administration of pushing measures aimed at «increasing the suffocation» and «closing all escape valves» for the Cuban population. Rodriguez has acknowledged that new actions by Washington against Havana could occur in the coming months, but he has argued that U.S. Policy will eventually change, whether «with this government or the next, or the one after that». The secretary has called for the «victorious resistance» of the Cuban people and has assured that the majority of Americans oppose the suffering imposed on the island’s families. The statements come after the Florida Attorney General’s office obtained an arrest warrant for Raul Castro on Monday, charging him with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, related to the downing of two planes belonging to the organization Hermanos al Rescate in 1996, an attack in which four people died. The investigation was reopened last year by order of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to clarify Castro’s alleged involvement, who was then serving as Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. The 95-year-old former Cuban president was also formally charged in May by the U.S. federal justice for his alleged involvement in the events. The relations between Cuba and the United States are going through one of their most tense periods in decades, marked by the island’s deep economic crisis and the ‘maximum pressure’ policy pushed by Washington since 2016, which includes restrictions on oil supplies and sanctions aimed at dissuading foreign companies from operating in the country.
Habana accuses the Trump administration of trying to «strangle» the Cuban population with new sanctions and insists that it will resist Washington’s pressure.
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El miércoles, el Gobierno de Cuba ha considerado como «acto infame» la orden de arresto emitida por la Justicia de Florida contra el ex-presidente Raúl Castro. Además, ha advertido que Estados Unidos deberá modificar su política hacia la isla, debido a una creciente tensión entre ambos países. El ministro cubano de Exteriores, Bruno Rodríguez, ha expresado en una conferencia de prensa que la orden de arresto contra Castro carece de valor legal, ético y práctico. Likewise, he has accused the Trump Administration of pushing measures aimed at «increasing the suffocation» and «closing all escape valves» for the Cuban population. Rodriguez has acknowledged that new actions by Washington against Havana could occur in the coming months, but he has argued that U.S. Policy will eventually change, whether «with this government or the next, or the one after that». The secretary has called for the «victorious resistance» of the Cuban people and has assured that the majority of Americans oppose the suffering imposed on the island’s families. The statements come after the Florida Attorney General’s office obtained an arrest warrant for Raul Castro on Monday, charging him with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, related to the downing of two planes belonging to the organization Hermanos al Rescate in 1996, an attack in which four people died. The investigation was reopened last year by order of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to clarify Castro’s alleged involvement, who was then serving as Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. The 95-year-old former Cuban president was also formally charged in May by the U.S. federal justice for his alleged involvement in the events. The relations between Cuba and the United States are going through one of their most tense periods in decades, marked by the island’s deep economic crisis and the ‘maximum pressure’ policy pushed by Washington since 2016, which includes restrictions on oil supplies and sanctions aimed at dissuading foreign companies from operating in the country.
