Cuba not amused by rubber boat

The remote-controlled inflatable boat, which arrived at the capital Monday, was the work of ``a band of terrorists who are desperate to make an attack of any kind on our government,'' said Foreign Minister Alejandro Gonzalez.

The boat was sent by the Miami-based Democracy Movement as a humanitarian gesture, marking what the group called ``a new tactic in our non-violent strategy.''

But Gonzalez said Cuba ``rejects and renounces all activities of this nature,'' adding the communist regime of President Fidel Castro will ``do whatever is in our power to defend the sovereignty of our country.''