The Cuban authorities questioned President José Antonio Kast this Tuesday, for his recent statements in which he describes the island’s political system as a “dictatorship” and shows support for a military intervention similar to the one that, according to him, would have overthrown the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
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The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced that “supporting a military aggression against Cuba is a dangerous and confrontational attitude, which responds to the shameful subordination to imperial dictates”, also emphasizing that the island “is not a threat.”
Rodríguez stressed that “we are a country that will always advocate for respect and peace among nations, but will not accept impositions of any kind,” and he wanted to highlight that Kast’s words do not represent the entire Chilean citizenry. “It does not reflect the opinion of the people of Chile,” he assured.
The head of Cuban diplomacy also reproached President Kast for referring to Cuba as a “dictatorship” and reminded him of his closeness to General Augusto Pinochet, who “violently usurped power and ruled his country for almost 20 years, causing deaths, disappearances, and much harm to the Chilean people.”
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“It is not surprising that President Kast talks about dictatorships in Latin America and the Caribbean, since he knows them very well (…) As a recognized Pinochet supporter, his statements reflect a total disregard for International Law and the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace,” he stated.
Rodríguez referred to some statements by Kast in recent interviews in which, among other issues, he addressed the situation in Cuba, showing support for a military intervention.
“There is no democracy in Cuba and that people are suffering under a dictatorship of decades. I said I would support whoever removes Venezuela from the dictatorship. I say the same regarding other nations that are victims of a dictatorship,” said the Chilean President in El Mercurio.
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