By Francisco Acevedo

HAVANA TIMES – The “tantrums” of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez are routine whenever the US government does something that displeases him.

For instance, this week he lodged a formal protest over the presence of the US Southern Command in a naval deployment in the Caribbean, allegedly to curb regional drug cartels, what he called “shows of imperialist force”, while claiming that Cuba is a model in the fight against drugs and needs no help whatsoever.

At almost the same time, however, he asserted on social media that the Cuban Revolution ended disappearances and torture nearly 70 years ago when it came to power.

While the first claim is certainly uncommon (in every sense of the word) and the second is hard to prove—since no one can enter a Cuban prison to document what happens behind bars—it is a true display of blindness to pretend that........

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