Leonis Torres Rivera

Our independence, our sovereignty, our right to self-determination, a legal order, a political system that won't be never on the table.

Cuba is a country of peace.

Cuba is not a threat to the U.S.

Cuba wants only to have a future that is decided by the Cubans without interference.

Will the U.S.

allow a single airplane flying Washington City, for example?

The U.S.

government knew what was going to happen and did nothing to prevent that.

Army General Raúl Castro is a leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Widely respected, admired, is the living history of the Cuban Revolution and is someone that is sacred for Cubans.

We will defend Raul as we will defend sovereignty and independence till the end.

We are ready to sit and engage with the U.S.

to talk about bilateral issues.

There are red lines regarding our independence, our sovereignty, our right to self-determination, our legal order, our political system that won't be never on the table.

As we don't ask the U.S.

to put on the table your political system, your legal system, because that's up to the American people.