Interview with Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla

Note: English subtitles on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqlQhqvNnqM
🇨🇺 🎙️ In this episode of Cuba Analysis podcast, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak with Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, about life under the US blockade. He details the 2026 escalation of US economic warfare: new executive orders, an oil siege 🛢️🚫, and expanded sanctions. The Minister highlights the doubled infant mortality rate, 7,000 blocked shipping containers 🚢🔒, and open #usa military threats. Rejecting claims that Cuba threatens US security, he denounces fabrications by Secretary of State #MarcoRubio and reflects on Cuba’s resilience and a future based on dialogue and respect for sovereignty.
Alongside economic warfare, the US government has openly threatened a military attack. The Minister confirms that Cubans take these threats seriously and warns that any US military action would result in a bloodbath on both sides, with devastating consequences for the wider Caribbean. Rodríguez Parrilla rejects outright the labelling of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and as a threat to US national security. He points to lies and fabrications by US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and argues that only ‘a small group of corrupt politicians’ would benefit from the destruction of Cuba.

After almost seven decades of US attempts to force political change in Cuba, why has the policy failed? The Minister reflects on Cuba’s resilience and on the possibility of a future based on dialogue, sovereignty, mutual respect and cooperation between neighbours.

This episode of Cuba Analysis podcast was produced in collaboration with Belly of the Beast Cuba: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/