HAVANA - Cuban officials have made a lengthy presentation on a series of mysterious illnesses suffered by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana, reiterating that no evidence supports allegations that the symptoms resulted from high-tech attacks. Cuban officials made a lengthy presentation on a series of mysterious illnesses suffered by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana, reiterating that no evidence supports allegations that the symptoms resulted from high-tech attacks. Officials said they don‚Äôt dispute that diplomats became ill, but suggested that many of the cases consisted of ordinary illnesses that were erroneously blamed on a mysterious single phenomenon due to the high degree of attention focused on the case. U.S. officials have told Cuban officials in meetings that there is no evidence of an attack, De Cossio said. Article Continued Below“It’s a scandal that the State Department is still using the term ‘attacks’ in its statements to the press, with total irresponsibility,” De Cossio said.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 18:03 UTC