The services of United States Intelligence They concluded in an investigation presented this Monday night that the Cuban government carried out influence operations in that country “aimed at denigrating specific American candidates in Florida”.
“We assess that Cuba attempted to undermine the electoral prospects of specific congressional politicians and U.S. governors it considered hostile.“, he says report.
The results of this research, published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligencespecifies that the exchanges between Cuban officials took place with members of the US media, specifically with those who had critical views against those who were critical of Havana in Congress.
“The Cuban government sought to influence the perceptions of politicians belonging to the two main American political parties,” the report continues.
Also, they noted in the report the existence of a network of social media accounts “almost certainly covertly linked” to Cuba that published “amplified derogatory content” about US politicians considered hostile to the Cuban State.
Although the document is not completely disqualified, the part that has been disclosed does not name people related to the case. The evaluation also does not say how effective Havana’s influence campaign was in the Florida elections, which were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
However, several countries are identified that have been recognized as part of specific campaigns against the United States, among which they name Russia, China, Iran and Cuba itself.
The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrillaresponded to these accusations from the red social X with a message in which he says that “US slander against Cuba resurfaces again. This time with accusation, without foundation or evidence, that we interfered in the electoral processes of that country.”
Parrilla called the report “total fallacy, on the part of a government that habitually meddles in the political affairs of many countries.”
US Intelligence has carried out several investigations into interference by the Cuban government in its domestic affairs, especially electoral affairs.
In March 2021, this organization revealed that The Cuban government tried to harm former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 elections.
The document maintains that “Cuba sought to undermine former President Trump’s electoral prospects by pushing anti-Republican and pro-Democratic narratives in the Latin American community” and notes that “Cuban intelligence likely took some low-profile actions in support of this effort.”
Recently, a Former US diplomat was arrested in early December in Floridaafter a long counterintelligence investigation by the FBI, accused of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government, according to the agency. The Associated Press.
Victor Manuel Rocha73, who served as the United States ambassador to Bolivia, was arrested in Miami on a criminal complaint and charged with 15 counts.
