LIMA, Peru – The last stop on the tour of Bruno Rodríguez, chancellor of the Cuban regime, took him to the Vatican, where this Saturday he met with Pope Leo XIV.
“I deeply thank His Holiness Leo XIV for the honor of having received me in audience as a special envoy of the President of the Republic of Cuba,” the minister wrote. via X (formerly Twitter).
Rodríguez reported the meeting without detailing the issues discussed. So far, the Vatican’s official media have also not released information about the hearing.
Bruno Rodríguez has visited several countries in recent days as an emissary of the Castro dictatorship in search of support to alleviate the crisis facing the Island. The journey has resulted in visits to Moscow and Madrid, places where he met with President Putin and his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares.
As you pass through the Viana Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spaina group of Cubans rebuked the regime’s chancellor. The reception of the exiles is recorded in several videos published on X by the protesters themselves.
“I had the pleasure of yelling at him as a criminal,” wrote Cuban activist Magdiel Jorge Castro when sharing one of the videos. “Shameful that Pedro Sánchez’s government receives this riffraff,” he added.
At the moment of the arrival of the Cuban official at the headquarters of the Spanish Foreign Ministry, shouts of “Shameless!”, “Long live Cuba!”, “Disgraceful!” and “Freedom for political prisoners!”
Furthermore, one hears people say: “Down with communism!” and “Down with the dictatorship!”, among other phrases.
Rodríguez’s visit to the Vatican also comes days after the head of the US diplomatic mission in Havana, Mike Hammer, met in Rome with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, to address the situation on the Island and the role of the Church.
Likewise, the Pope recently held a private meeting with the bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Silvano Pedroso Montalvo, without revealing any details.
