Cuba Says US Will Cooperate After Intercepted Boat Leaves Four Dead
Havana said Thursday that Washington is willing to help investigate a clash between Cuban coast guard forces and a boat coming from the United States that left four people dead, while pledging to defend the island from any “terrorist aggression.” Cuba alleged Wednesday that ten-armed individuals were intercepted in its territorial waters as they attempted to infiltrate the island “for terrorist purposes,” in a climate of rising tensions with the United States. “Authorities in the U.S. government have shown themselves willing to cooperate to clarify these regrettable events,” Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told reporters. He said Havana “has been in communication with” the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Coast Guard. Earlier, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the island would defend itself against any aggression. “Cuba will defend itself with determination and firmness in the face of any terrorist and mercenary aggression that seeks to affect its sov...