Cuba's President Compares US to McCarthyism

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has strongly criticized the US's recent embargo moves and allegations against Havana, comparing Washington's policies to the ideological pressure period of the 1950s known as 'McCarthyism'. Diaz-Canel criticized the US administration through social media. He described Washington's moves as a 'baseless ideological witch hunt' and stated

A new and more dangerous version of McCarthyism has returned to the US. The imperialist right and its followers are dangerously radical, responsible for, among other crimes: the genocide in Gaza, extrajudicial executions, manhunts against migrants, torture and murder, the bombing of a school for girls in Iran, and the genocidal blockade against the Cuban people. The list is endless. The real danger to humanity is the philosophy of plunder that guides the war actions of the international extreme right.

. According to the national press, Cuban leader Canel compared the US's policies towards Cuba to 'McCarthyism', describing them as a baseless, ideological 'witch hunt'. McCarthyism is a term that refers to the anti-communist witch hunt and period of political pressure in the US during the 1950s under Senator Joseph McCarthy.