The U.S. attributes the humanitarian crisis in Cuba to the “incompetence” of the Díaz-Canel regime and defends “exceptions” to the blockade

The spokesperson for the United States Department of State, Tommy Pigott, assured this Monday that the humanitarian crisis in which the island of Cuba is immersed is a “direct consequence of the Cuban regime.”

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In the same vein, he labeled Miguel Díaz-Canel’s regime as “incompetent”, and defended that “there have been exceptions within the embargo” imposed from Washington against Havana for decades.

“The humanitarian crisis we are seeing on the island is a direct result of the Cuban regime, of its economic model that does not work and of its own incompetence,” Pigott said in an interview with NBC.

Immediately after, the spokesperson recalled words previously spoken by the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in which the senior official asserted that “the only thing worse than a communist is an incompetent communist.”

Stating that “the United States is on the side of the Cuban people,” Pigott noted that Washington promised “up to 100 million dollars (about $92,501,000,000) in aid, in addition to the assistance provided after Hurricane Melissa,” which occurred in 2025.

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This aid, he added, is planned to be channeled “through third parties such as the Catholic Church, collaborating with local parishes to deliver aid directly to the people who need it.”

“There have always been exceptions within the embargo so that food and medicine can reach the population,” the spokesperson said, assuring that what “worries” the White House is that the Cuban government, in his opinion, is dedicated to “plundering the resources of the Cuban people to fill their pockets.”

These statements come on a day when the Caribbean island suffered a new blackout, the second in less than 24 hours.

All this, in turn, framed in a context in which six decades of embargo were added to an energy blockade at the beginning of the year that has sometimes caused the complete halt of supply.

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