The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba strongly rejects the disrespectful declaration of the Department of State of the United States, attributed to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, in which it is intended to question the constitutional referendum freely and sovereignly celebrated by Cubans in the past February 24th.
The text of the declaration is an expression of the imperialist ideology deeply rooted in the foreign policy of the current government of the United States. It is also a reflection of the pretension already announced of imposing again in the Western Hemisphere the Monroe Doctrine, now accompanied by McCarthyist intolerance.
The Cuban people spoke loud and clear on February 24, with forceful eloquence. He bet freely at the polls for the construction of socialism and did so by going massively to express his will, despite the pernicious campaign of the United States government aimed at influencing the vote. Cubans have long cut off any American claim to rule the destiny of our country.
The Department of State must cease the practice of interfering in the internal affairs of other States and interfere in the electoral or voting processes of other nations. It is a mania contrary to international law, with which the government of the United States challenges the rules governing relations between sovereign States.
Havana, February 26, 2019