HAVANA -- The Cuban government on Thursday accused the United States of holding the world's record in espionage and declined again to acknowledge or deny involvement in an alleged Cuban spy network uncovered in Miami.

``When it comes to espionage to subvert the political stability of other countries, there are no world records like those amassed by the United States, especially in the case of Cuba,'' a Foreign Ministry spokesman said during a press briefing.

Alejandro Gonzalez said that in the past four decades, Washington ``has been carrying out all kinds of covert and overt acts against the security, stability and well-being of the Cuban people.''

On Monday, the FBI announced in Miami that it had arrested 10 people and charged them with providing the Cuban government with information about U.S. military installations and Cuban exile organizations.

``This is not the first time that all kinds of accusations are made'' by the Americans, Gonzalez said. They ``have called hundreds of people `spies' and have taken action against them. . . . We are used to all types of campaigns from the United States.''

The arrests have not been reported in the Cuban media.

Gonzalez said all he knew about the situation is what he read in the American press, ``which we are watching.''

Asked if he would confirm or deny the FBI's allegations of espionage, he answered: ``I have nothing more to say about this affair.''

On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina told foreign journalists that he would ``neither confirm nor deny [the charges] but simply listen, so I can come to an opinion later.'' He told his listeners that ``that type of campaign, of manipulation, of orchestration, of ballyhoo, is a specialty of the American press.''