UPDATE 1-Cuba's foreign minister calls critical White House statement "misinformed"

Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez on ‌Wednesday said a White House statement critical of the country's communist-run government was "superficial and misinformed."

His ‌comments came shortly after former ‌President Raul Castro was indicted in the United States on murder charges, in a ⁠major escalation ​in Washington's ⁠pressure campaign against the island's communist government. Rodriguez did ⁠not refer to the indictment in ​his comments, which were posted on social ⁠media.

The Trump administration's statement was released ⁠on ​the anniversary of the end of a four-year U.S. military occupation of ⁠Cuba on May 20, 1902, which itself ⁠followed ⁠centuries of Spanish colonial rule.