Rodríguez responds to Trump's UN remarks on X
Cuba's minister of foreign affairs, posting on X
“Washington is "unable to accept" that Cuba is an independent and sovereign country.”
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Roya News report that Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez answered Trump's UN remarks on X the same day, accusing Washington of refusing to respect Cuban sovereignty and calling the claims falsehoods.
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English translation of Cubadebate's account of Rodríguez's September 22, 2026 response on X and of his September 21 remarks at a CELAC ministerial meeting describing the U.S. pressure campaign as equivalent to a naval blockade.
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Hours earlier, Trump had told the UN General Assembly that Cuba is a failed state whose government will fall and that his administration seeks fundamental change there. The Cuban delegation walked out during the remarks.
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Rodríguez returned to the dispute in his own General Assembly address on September 26, denouncing what Cuba calls an energy blockade and warning of a collapsing power grid.
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Case context: Should the United States seek "fundamental change" in Cuba's government?
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Rodríguez rejects both the description of Cuba and the policy objective Trump stated, which we record as condemning the position.
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Should the United States seek "fundamental change" in Cuba's government?
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Read the full case“My administration is also seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba, where the communist regime is under great pressure, the biggest pressure they've ever been under. It's an absolutely failed state. It's failing like never before, and it will fall.”Read statement