Cairo, July 26, 2026. A dozen Egyptian media outlets published the July 21 statement from the Cuban Foreign Ministry in their online editions, in which the ministry rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the report released on July 20 by the U.S. State Department regarding Cuba’s alleged subversive influence against that country.
The vast majority of the articles published the statement in its entirety, which asserts that the report presented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a mediocre propaganda pamphlet intended to reinforce the false narrative 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. It seeks, through the fabrication of accusatory narratives, to build consensus for a potential military aggression.
Similarly, the statement notes Cuba’s complaint that it is hypocritical for the State Department to accuse the island 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, cause hunger and despair, and bring about the overthrow of the Cuban government.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry stated that the government leveling these accusations against Cuba has a sordid history of interference and violations of international law; it carries out extrajudicial executions in international waters, engages in political assassinations, 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, as it does not exist, as confirmed by the U.S. government’s own specialized agencies. 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, the Statement noted.
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, Cuba faces repeated and forceful isolation at the United Nations for refusing to end the economic blockade.
The Minrex document concludes by affirming that 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.
Among the websites that reported on the statement are La Liga Hispano Árabe, Sout Al Omam, Akhbar Alyoum, Arab Telegraph, Al Ameltanmya, Al Masry Alyoum, Eshrakat, Arab Telegraph, Al Akhabar Alyoum, and Al Dameer, among others. (EmbaCuba Egipto)