{"id":8826,"date":"2026-09-07T23:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8826"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:45:44","slug":"interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez-parrilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez-parrilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Cuba\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-cuba-analysis wp-block-embed-cuba-analysis\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3GTEzrsr85\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubanalysis.org\/interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez-parrilla\/\">Interview with Cuba\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cInterview with Cuba\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla\u201d \u2014 Cuba Analysis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubanalysis.org\/interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez-parrilla\/embed\/#?secret=F3c5z6iE4H#?secret=3GTEzrsr85\" data-secret=\"3GTEzrsr85\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of Cuba Analysis, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak with Cuba\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla, who has served as the nation\u2019s top diplomat for nearly two decades. They ask him to set aside diplomatic language to describe life in Cuba under the US blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla outlines the impact of the \u2018maximum pressure\u2019 strategy pursued during President Trump\u2019s first administration and the sharp escalation of US economic warfare in 2026, including two executive orders, an oil siege of the island, and an aggressive increase in sanctions threatened against Cuba\u2019s global partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister stresses the human consequences of these measures: Cuba\u2019s infant mortality rate has doubled, and some 7,000 shipping containers carrying essential food and medical supplies are currently being prevented from unloading on the island. This continues despite almost unanimous international condemnation of the US blockade at the United Nations, where Cuba has become a symbol of the struggle for self-determination and sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. Rodr\u00edguez 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 \u2018a small group of corrupt politicians\u2019 would benefit from the destruction of Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After almost seven decades of US attempts to force political change in Cuba, why has the policy failed? The Minister reflects on Cuba\u2019s resilience and on the possibility of a future based on dialogue, sovereignty, mutual respect and cooperation between neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode of <a href=\"\/www.cubanalysis.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"\/www.cubanalysis.org\">Cuba Analysis<\/a> podcast was produced in collaboration with Belly of the Beast Cuba:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com\/\">https:\/\/www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Cuba Analysis, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak with Cuba\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla, who has served as<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez-parrilla\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":8827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1090,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-fm-denounces-us-defamation-of-cuban-medical-collaboration\/","url_meta":{"origin":8826,"position":0},"title":"Cuba: FM Denounces US Defamation of Cuban Medical Collaboration","author":"Editorial Team","date":"March 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuba's Foreign Minister The Cuban government representative\u00a0stated that Washington's hostility towards his country cannot affect Cuban solidarity with nations in need. 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