La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Cuba Academy of Sciences) is described as the oldest active national academy of sciences outside Europe.

By Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

CUBA is refusing accept the conclusion of  US  government report released this month finding the so-called Havana Syndrome mystery illness suffered by American diplomats in the Latin American country was most likely caused by directed microwave radiation. Twenty-six workers at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba reportedly  were  affected with the mystery illness between 2016-2017 that the U.S.  blamed on the Cuban Government.  The report by the National Academies of Sciences , commissioned by the U.S. State Department published on December 6, involved a  study that was carried out by a team of medical and scientific experts who examined the symptoms of about 40 government employees.  The NAS report said many have suffered longstanding and debilitating effects.   The Cuban Academy of Sciences rejected the  U.S. report as not being backed by scientific evidence. 

“The Cuban Academy of Sciences disagrees with the final conclusion about the causes of the health complaints, although it recognizes that the report (prepared by an outstanding panel of scientists) made progress in the medical characterization of the complaints, and issued valid recommendations.  The NASEM committee report claims that exposure to radiofrequency waves was the most plausible candidate as the cause of the symptoms. However, this claim is not supported by direct evidence or by a critical appraisal of the available literature, nor by the bulk of the report itself, and exhibits intrinsic contradictions. At best, radiofrequencies waves should be considered an unlikely hypothesis on the cause of the complaints, and it certainly is not an established fact.”

 -Cuban Academy of Sciences  statement

“The complaints made by the diplomats and families should be considered and treated as a health concern not as a political issue”

Photo by: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic  Times   /   U.S. Embassy located in Havana, Cuba

The Cuban Academy of Sciences added:    “Specifically, the NASEM report gives weight to radiofrequency waves as causing the constellation of reported symptoms, even as it acknowledges that the relevant data are problematic. The literature reviewed does not support this hypothesis. For example, no literature suggests that radiofrequency radiation can result in the experience of painfully loud sounds; none suggests that such exposure can result in specific neurological symptoms and, significantly, there is no evidence, circumstantial or otherwise, of any devices that might have created large radiofrequency field exposure.” 

Vermont  Senator Patrick Leahy released a statement Sunday Dec. 6, 2020 accusing  the U.S. Trump administration and some members of Congress of rushing in judgment to blame Cuba. 

“Several Members of Congress, among others, who rushed to judgment when these illnesses were first reported and publicly accused the Cuban Government, did so without any evidence or factual basis.  None of the investigations and studies that have occurred since then, including by the FBI and the NAS, produced evidence implicating the Cubans, yet they have never retracted those accusations.  This report, long awaited, was finally released because I and other Members of Congress insisted that the public, and especially the families of those afflicted, be able to read it.  I thank the members of the NAS Standing Committee for the considerable time and effort they devoted to this vexing issue.”

-Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy