Rodríguez rejects Trump's talk of U.S. ships stopping off Cuba and warns against hostile landings
Bruno Rodríguez ParrillaCuba's minister of foreign affairs, posting on X
After Trump told a Florida rally that U.S. ships returning from Iran would stop off Cuba's coast and that Marco Rubio would then close a deal with Havana, Rodríguez wrote that Cuba rejects any threat over U.S. ambitions toward the island and warned that its coast is inhospitable to those who come with hostile aims.
“We reject any threat over U.S. ambitions toward Cuba. On our coasts there are beautiful beaches, but also jagged dog's-tooth rock, inhospitable to those who arrive with hostile aims and a hunger for domination. (Translated from Spanish. Original: Rechazamos toda amenaza sobre ambiciones de EEUU hacia Cuba. En nuestras costas hay bellas playas, pero también diente de perro, inhóspito para quienes llegan con fines hostiles y ansias de dominación.)”
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Should the United States seek "fundamental change" in Cuba's government?
In his September 22, 2026 address to the UN General Assembly, President Trump called Cuba "an absolutely failed state," said it is "failing like never before, and it will fall," and said his administration is "seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba." He also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is "deep into negotiations with Cuba." The Cuban delegation walked out of the hall during the remarks. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez responded on X that Washington cannot accept that Cuba is independent and sovereign, called Trump's statements false, and said Cuba is not a threat to the United States or to other countries. The dispute is whether the United States should openly pursue the fall of Cuba's government.
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Post in Spanish by Cuba's foreign minister on October 23, 2026, the day President Trump told a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Florida, that U.S. Navy ships returning from Iran would stop off Cuba's coast.
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EFE wire report in Spanish on the responses of President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez to Trump's October 23 rally remarks. It quotes Trump's comments in Fort Myers about U.S. ships stopping off Cuba and Marco Rubio closing a deal, and explains the term diente de perro.
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Earlier on October 23, at a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Florida, Trump said U.S. Navy ships returning from the Iran war would pass by Cuba, that one would stop close to shore, and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would then go to close a deal with the Cuban government.
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Diente de perro is the Cuban name for the sharp limestone rock found along much of the island's coast. President Miguel Díaz-Canel posted the same day that the U.S. government had shown it does not renounce its ambitions of domination over Cuba.
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Rodríguez answers Trump's remarks about pressing Cuba once the Iran war ends by rejecting them as threats driven by ambitions of domination. That rejects the objective of forcing change in Cuba that the case tracks.
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