At a State Department press conference on September 27, 2024, a Cuban journalist asked, “ How do you view Cuba’s approach to China and Russia and its role in the crisis in Venezuela?”
Assistant Secretary of State Brian A. Nichols (Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs) responded:
- “Well, Cuba is not a democratic country, and we would encourage Cuban authorities to think about how they could better respect human rights and the rule of law in their own country and around the world. I think that their engagement on this issue as well as their relations with countries like Russia and China, which are also not democratic, they’re not doing things that would advance democracy in the Western Hemisphere. They’re playing a role of supporting governments around the world that don’t respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of their citizens as enshrined in the UN Charter and many other international documents. And we encourage all of them to adhere to a much greater respect for democracy, human rights, and rule of law.”
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U.S. State Department, UNGA79: U.S. Priorities in the Western Hemisphere (Sept. 27, 2024).
