Original article: Cuba denuncia que EE. UU. carece de legitimidad y jurisdicción para imputar a Raúl Castro y busca justificar un ataque militar The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, accused the U.

S. government of fabricating a political lie to discredit General Raúl Castro and create a pretext for a military attack against the island. «America lies«, asserted the leader after learning of the U.

S. Department of Justice’s charges against the Cuban revolutionary leader, whom Washington holds responsible for the shooting down of two planes from the organization Brothers to the Rescue in February 1996. In a message shared on social media platform X, Díaz-Canel described the accusation as an «political act, lacking any legal basis«, designed solely to «embellish the dossier they are fabricating to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba«.

The Cuban head of state insisted that the U. S. maneuver demonstrates «the arrogance and frustration» felt by «the empire» in the face of «the unwavering resolve of the Cuban Revolution and the unity and moral strength of its leadership».

U. S. Lacks Legitimacy and Jurisdiction to Charge Castro The Cuban government argued that the United States lacks the legitimacy and jurisdiction to charge Castro.

«This is a despicable and infamous act of political provocation, based on the dishonest manipulation of the incident that led to the shooting down of two aircraft operated by the terrorist organization Brothers to the Rescue, based in Miami, which had repeatedly violated Cuban airspace for hostile purposes, a fact well known to the public,» stated an official communication. It recalled that between 1994 and 1996, more than 25 formal complaints were submitted to the U. S.

State Department, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding the organization’s repeated hostile incursions. It also directly warned the then U. S.

President, Bill Clinton, about the seriousness of these transgressions, which, according to Havana, were systematically ignored. It emphasized that the response to the violation of its airspace «constituted an act of legitimate defense, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, and the principles of air sovereignty and proportionality». «The inaction of the U.

S. government underscores its complicity in the planning and execution of violent, illegal, and terrorist actions from its territory,» highlighted an official statement from the Communist Party of Cuba. The text confronted the record of Washington in the region and termed it a demonstration of «great cynicism» that the accusation against Castro came from «the same government that has killed nearly 200 people and destroyed 57 vessels in international waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific, using disproportionate military force».

Díaz-Canel Rejects U. S. ’s «Ridiculous Attempt» to Undermine Castro’s Heroism In the face of the onslaught from the Donald Trump administration, Díaz-Canel defended Raúl Castro, describing him as a leader who «won the love of his people» and the respect of «other leaders in the region and around the world».

«The ethical stature and humanistic vision of his work demolish any infamy that seeks to be raised against General Raúl Castro,» he stated. «Those values are his best defense and a moral shield against the ridiculous attempt to undermine his heroism,» he pointed out. The Government of Cuba reaffirmed its commitment to peace, while also expressing its firm determination to exercise its inalienable right to legitimate defense.