Intervention by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 26, 2026.
Mr. President of the General Assembly,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
In approximately three hours, it will be exactly 66 years since the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, in a memorable speech at this very podium, declared: “Let the philosophy of plunder disappear, and the philosophy of war will have disappeared! Let colonies disappear, let the exploitation of countries by monopolies disappear, and then humanity will have reached a true stage of progress!”
Intervention of Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at the High‑Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development. New York, September 23, 2026.
Mr. President,
With the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, a hope was born.
Forty years later, that promise remains unfulfilled. The current international economic order, unjust by design, perpetuates dependence and exploitation of developing countries through a predatory financial architecture and the proliferation of unilateral coercive measures.
Interview of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on Cuba Analysis Podcast
Welcome to the Cuba Analysis Podcast. It is a pleasure to be here with you, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez. Minister, thank you for taking some time out of your busy schedule to speak with us today.
Nina will start with the questions. Minister, before talking about international policy, I would like to start with you. You have been at the forefront of Cuban diplomacy for almost two decades, and have represented Cuba in some of the most complex moments in its recent history.




