Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cuba rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the report published on July 20 by the U.S. Department of State regarding Cuba’s alleged subversive influence against the United States. This is a mediocre propaganda pamphlet. It seeks to reinforce the false message that Cuba poses a threat to the United States—a pretext that the U.S. government uses to justify collective punishment and genocide against the Cuban people. By fabricating accusatory narratives, it aims to build consensus for a potential military aggression.
It is hypocritical for the State Department to accuse Cuba of promoting subversive actions, when it is well known that it is the U.S. government that allocates tens of millions of dollars from its federal budget each year to subvert the internal order in Cuba, provoke hunger and despair, and bring about the overthrow of the Cuban government. This is done by the very same government that has a sordid history of interference and violations of international law, that carries out extrajudicial executions in international waters, engages in political assassination, sponsors acts of genocide, attacks sovereign countries on every continent, and interferes in the electoral processes of sovereign states.
It is also hypocritical to persist in the lie of labeling Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism. It is evident that neither this report nor any other can present evidence—not even the slightest indication—to support such an illegitimate accusation, since it does not exist, as is well known to the specialized agencies of the U.S. government itself. It is, however, common knowledge that those who finance, organize, and instigate violent and terrorist acts against Cuba have found protection and total impunity on U.S. soil.
This report is part of the discourse on so-called “left-wing terrorism,” a novel concept that the U.S. government—and, in particular, its Secretary of State—is bent on promoting as the new enemy. In this way, they seek to attack any progressive movement, social commitment, or left-wing expression both within and outside U.S. territory, to increase repression, and to establish a form of neo-McCarthyism.
In particular, the aim is to repress and attack the U.S. population itself and to intimidate those who express solidarity, including those who denounce their government’s unjust aggression against Cuba. It is recognized that opposition is growing in the United States—including among Cubans living there and their descendants—to the energy blockade, the strangulation of the Cuban economy, and the threat of military aggression.
The State Department persists in questioning Cuba’s ties with other sovereign nations, as if international law had ceased to exist. It manipulates and distorts Cuba’s widely recognized history of solidarity, anti-colonialism, and internationalism, even within the United States. Every year, the United States faces repeated and forceful isolation at the United Nations for refusing to end the economic blockade.
Unable to conceal its underlying admiration for the epic story of the Cuban Revolution, the report reveals a nuclear superpower’s dread in the face of this example of the ideal of social justice and the defense of sovereignty. It demonstrates an inferiority complex toward a national program that prioritizes the people over the elites.
As it has always done, Cuba will continue to foster friendly relations with the American people and institutions, in strict accordance with international law, the United Nations Charter, and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Havana, July 21, 2026
(Cubaminrex)