The Canadian government announced that it will halve the number of diplomatic staff due to Cuba's 'mysterious sound attack' damage

by Danny James Ford

Government officials in the United States and Canada resident in Cuba and their families are suffering "Health Damage due to Mysterious High Frequency Sound" in succession, and it is reported that influences such as hearing loss and brain damage are occurring. While the speculation that "Is not it an acoustic attack by Cuba?" Spreads, the Cuban government denies acoustic attacks, and the causes of health damage that hit diplomats still have not been identified yet. Meanwhile, the Canadian government announced that "We will halve diplomatic staff located in Cuba" in order to protect the health of our staff.

Statement on health and security of Canadian diplomatic staff in Havana, Cuba - Canada.ca
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2019/01/statement-on-health-and-security-of-canadian-diplomatic-staff-in-havana-cuba.html

More mysterious brain injuries in Cuba; Canada halves staff after new case | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/canada-halves-diplomatic-staff-in-cuba-after-another-mysterious-brain-injury/

Causes of "mysterious acoustic attack" that occurred in Cuba are the possibility of malicious attack by weapons similar to Long Range Acoustic Device which is directional weapon, and the possibility of attack by ultrasonic waves The theory that it was an unexpected accident, etc. has emerged.

A theory that the cause of "a mysterious acoustic attack to the American Embassy in Cuba" is in "interference of ultrasound" has appeared - GIGAZINE

In January 2019, British researchers also propose "the barking sounds produced by a kind of cricket inhabiting the Caribbean Sea", a theory that was the cause of the high frequency sound heard by embassy officials It was. Although various theories have emerged as a cause of diabetes health hazards in this way, no definitive conclusion has been made so far.

The possibility that the noise sound which was said to be "an acoustic attack by Cuba" was "cricket cry" emerged - GIGAZINE

Like the United States, the Canadian government, whose diplomats and their families have been suffering from damage, has continued to investigate the mystery phenomenon in Cuba. Meanwhile, staff of the Canadian government who arrived in Cuba in the summer of 2018 complained of health hazard on December 29, 2019. Symptoms included nausea and dizziness, decreased concentration, headaches and so on.

According to this case, the Canadian government officials and their families complained of health hazards in Cuba became the 14th case, and it seems that people who were damaged continue receiving medical treatment. So the Canadian government has announced that it will reduce the number of diplomatic staff located in Havana , the capital of Cuba , to half of the maximum number in order to protect the safety of diplomatic staff.

In September 2017 the US government not only requested diplomats from the Cuban embassy in the US to ask for deportation , but also take steps such as having more than half of the staff return from the US embassy in Havana to the United States I will. Meanwhile, the Canadian government has not done anything such as bringing Embassy staff back home so far, and worked with Cuba to investigate the cause.

However, in April 2018, he decided " to return the family members of government officials who are in Cuba, " and that Cuba's presence has been changed to a post that should not accompany his family. And, according to the announcement in January 2019, it was decided that the number of government employees of the Canadian embassy will be halved.

by Yuting Gao

Josefina Vidal, Cuban Canadian Ambassador to Canada, declared in response to the decision of the Canadian government, "This action is to acknowledge Cuba's criticism by the United States and can not be understood, and some US governments are tense with Cuba People are trying to draw relationships and draw Cuba as a threat. " In addition, he stated that the Canadian government did not solve the problem when he reduced the number of staff, but only moved away from investigating the cause.