MIAMI, United States. – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, José Manuel Albares, promised the Foreign Minister of the Cuban regime, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, the sending to the Island of humanitarian aid consisting of food and “essential health products,” as reported. EFE.
Both officials met this Monday at the Cuban’s request. According to the Spanish news agency, the meeting also included a review of “the situation of Spanish companies in Cuba” and the “commitment” of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) with the Island.
EFE did not refer to volumes, delivery times, logistical channels or the amount of aid announced.
The meeting took place while Cuba is going through the most serious crisis in at least the last 70 years. The panorama in the largest of the Antilles is marked by the inefficiency of the centralized economic system and the sanctions of the United States.
According to EFE, Albares and Rodríguez also addressed the objectives of the Spanish Pro Tempore Secretariat for the next Ibero-American Summit, scheduled for November 4 and 5 in Madrid.
Just upon his arrival at the headquarters of the Spanish Foreign Ministry, Rodríguez Parrilla He was rebuked by a group of Cubans who called him “brazen” and “disgraceful” and shouted “Freedom for political prisoners!”, “Down with communism!” and “Down with the dictatorship!”, among other slogans.
The chancellor of the Cuban regime had not visited Spain since April 2017. This is the third meeting between Albares and Rodríguez Parrilla: the first occurred in 2021, on the occasion of the Ibero-American Summit in the Dominican Republic, and the second in September 2025, during the UN General Assembly in New York.
According to various agenciesRodríguez Parrilla took advantage of his time in Madrid “back to his country” to request an interview with Albares. In the bilateral meeting, both ministers discussed “the current situation on the Island” and aspects of bilateral cooperation.
The meeting occurred in the context of one of Cuba’s deepest crises since January 1959. With his tour, which already took him to China and Vietnam, Rodríguez Parrilla would seek to strengthen alliances and gather support.
During his stay in China, the Cuban minister held diplomatic meetings with senior officials, including the head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party. In Vietnam, its previous stop, local authorities expressed their willingness to maintain support “within their capabilities” for the Cuban regime.
