By Yaimi Ravelo / Photos: Bill Hackwell / Resumen Latinoamericano-Cuba, on August 15, 2026
The publishing house Ciencias Sociales Nuevo Milenio and the Argentine counter-hegemonic media outlet Resumen Latinoamericano presented the second edition of the book “Rubio: An Uncontrollable Mythomaniac” this Saturday in the Nicolás Guillén Hall at the 34th International Book Fair, which has been taking place since August 10 at the Cultural Center on Línea and 18th Streets in Havana.
The second edition of this research work by the prominent Cuban journalist and writer Hedelberto López Blanch has been reprinted for this Book Fair after the copies displayed during the 5th edition of the Patria International Colloquium last April sold out.
Ramón Labañino, hero of the Republic of Cuba
Given the book’s investigative value and the significance of its nefarious subject, it is unclear exactly how many editions of “Rubio: An Uncontrollable Mythomaniac” will continue to be published by publishers around the world.
“They might have to publish a new edition every month, because Marco Rubio comes up with a new lie every single day—every single day,” remarked Ramón Labañino, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and one of the Five Cubans unjustly convicted by U.S. courts, who was a special guest at this presentation of the much-discussed book.
Undoubtedly, the 126 pages of the Cuban journalist’s work describe the political career of the Secretary of State of the United States of America, “one of the most infamous figures in that system that is seeking to drown us, that is seeking to suffocate us, that is seeking to subdue us,” denounced Michel E. Torres Corona, attorney, journalist, host of the television program “Con Filo,” and director of Nuevo Milenio.
According to the young Cuban intellectual, the book provides solid arguments to denounce “what we all know, almost intuitively, about this man’s character. The book offers well-reasoned information about his entire career and the fraudulent nature that lies at his core, which also explains—of course—how such a figure has gained so much influence in a government like the current U.S. administration,” he explained.
Graciela Ramirez
The director of Nuevo Milenio believes that if justice ever prevails and if ideas triumph, they will not be able to evade the evidence needed to “judge the nefarious legacy of men like Marco Rubio.”
Graciela Ramírez Cruz, head of the Cuba bureau for Resumen Latinoamericano and one of the producers of the two Cuban editions of “Rubio: An Uncontrollable Mythomaniac,” spoke about Marco Rubio’s crimes and his genocidal policy against Cuba.
“People like these must be exposed; they must be unmasked; they must be denounced with dignity and integrity. We put an enormous amount of effort into creating this book because they must be condemned, and one day we will be able to bring them to justice,” she said.
“Marco Rubio, in addition to being a typical politician of this dark, perverse, despicable, and corrupt class, is an abomination with a profound, intrinsic evil— he carries the evil of a torturer.
“All of us Latin Americans—Chileans, Argentines, Brazilians—have bitter experience from the era of military dictatorships; we knew the torturers. The very same torturer who might wear a uniform or a suit and tie, who might go to Mass, who, after a brutal torture session, would come home and kiss his wife and children. And then, he would even stand in front of a camera to dispense advice on the country’s rights—he was the one who disemboweled our comrades in the torture chambers. He was the one who tested just how much pain a prisoner could endure.
Hedelberto Lopez Blanch
“He applies the electric prod—first to the mouth, then the ears, the genitals, the breasts, and if it’s a woman, the vagina. He removes it before you die. He gauges your pain threshold, then steps back. If you haven’t confessed, sung, or ratted anyone out—if you haven’t opened your mouth—he has to keep you alive. The next day, another session; and the next day, another; and the next day, another. In between, sadly, there are comrades who can’t withstand that torture and start to break down. There are others who hold out until the end,” explains Graciela Ramírez, drawing on her experience of struggle in her native Argentina during the military dictatorship in the 1970’s.
Source: Cuba en Resumen