Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Havana, Cuba, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba branded U.S. national security adviser John Bolton a "pathological liar" on Thursday for his allegation that it has troops stationed in ally Venezuela and said the latest U.S. sanctions would further hurt but not vanquish the Cuban people.
In a speech last week unveiling a tightening of the decades-old U.S. travel and trade embargo on Cuba, Bolton reiterated his charge that its Communist government is propping up Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with thousands of security forces.
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