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△cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez (data map)

on september 1, local time, cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez criticized the so-called "havana syndrome" of attacks on diplomats, saying it has fueled the united states' aggressive policies and is an excuse for taking more radical measures against cuba.

rodriguez said the fact that the u.s. institute of health announced on august 30 that it was ending its investigation into the topic out of "an abundance of caution" showed that the "havana syndrome" claim was just an excuse.

earlier, cuban president diaz-canel criticized on social media that the "havana syndrome" was a despicable excuse for listing cuba on the list of supporters of terrorism and imposing more than 240 blockade measures.

the so-called "havana syndrome" refers to the symptoms consistent with mild traumatic brain injury, such as hearing loss, dizziness, nausea, migraine, and fatigue, which have been reported by u.s. embassy and consulate personnel abroad since 2016. u.s. diplomats in havana, the capital of cuba, were the first to report such symptoms. the u.s. government claimed that such symptoms were caused by cuba's use of a "secret weapon" and called it "havana syndrome."

in march 2023, several u.s. intelligence agencies jointly announced the results of an investigation into the mysterious disease "havana syndrome" that has plagued some u.s. embassy and consulate personnel since 2016: it is "extremely unlikely" that the incident was caused by foreign hostile forces, and the cause of the disease may be related to underlying diseases, health problems and environmental factors. in recent years, u.s. politicians and media have repeatedly used this topic to hype up the "foreign threat theory" and politicize medical and scientific issues.