Cuba blasted the United States for taking too long to accept evidence that the ailment “Havana Syndrome” was not likely caused by a foreign enemy, saying Washington ignored the science as a pretext for cutting off relations with the Communist-run island. A globe-spanning U.S. intelligence investigation declassified on Wednesday concluded it was “very unlikely” a foreign adversary was responsible for the mysterious sickness, first identified in the Cuban capital of Havana but which has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies worldwide. read more “This conclusion … confirms what we already knew,” Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio told Reuters in an interview in Havana late on Thursday. “The unfortunate thing is, the U.S. government leveraged (Havana Syndrome) to derail bilateral relations … and discredit Cuba.” (https://neuters.de/world/americas/cuba-blasts-us-years-disregarding-evidence-havana-syndrome-2023-03-03/) Cuba has for years labeled as “science fiction” the idea that ´Havana Syndrome´ resulted from an attack by a foreign agent, and its top scientists in 2021 found no evidence of such allegations. The U.S. State Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment on de Cossio’s statements. U.S. officials have previously said the science was inconclusive and ongoing and that the government had opted to err on the side of caution in determining its policies toward Cuba.