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Cuba's foreign minister calls critical White House statement "misinformed"

May 20, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, October 22, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo

HAVANA, May ‌20 (Reuters) - ​Cuba's ​foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday said ‌a White House statement critical ⁠of the country's communist-run ‌government was "superficial and misinformed."

His ‌comments came shortly after former President Raul Castro ​was indicted in the United States on ⁠murder charges, in a major escalation in ​Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government.

Rodriguez ​did not refer ‌to the indictment in his comments, which ⁠were posted on social media.

The Trump administration's statement was ⁠released on the anniversary of ​the end of a four-year U.S. military occupation of Cuba on ‌May 20, 1902, which itself followed centuries ‌of Spanish colonial ⁠rule.

(Reporting by Anett ‌Rios, Writing ​by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Daina Beth ‌Solomon)



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