“Threats of armed aggression against Cuba from the world's greatest military power are now widely known,” Diaz-Canel wrote on social media. “The threat itself constitutes a crime in the international arena. Its implementation would trigger a bloodbath with unimaginable consequences and would destroy peace and stability,” he added.
Tensions between the United States and Cuba have escalated during Donald Trump's second term. Washington is pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” towards the island, wanting to force a regime change.
Trump: I believe I will have the honor of regaining Cuba
After the US arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US took control of Venezuelan oil production, on which Cuba was heavily dependentand began to block supplies of raw material from other countries to Cuba.
As a result, Cuba's already inefficient power grid began to collapse rapidly.
— Take over Kuba, that is, whether I release her or just take her, I think I could do anything I wanted with herif you want to know the truth, Trump said. — I believe that I will have the honor of regaining Cuba. That would be good. It's a huge honor.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reports of hundreds of drones
POLITICO has not confirmed the details of this report, and the Cuban embassy in the United States suggested in a statement Sunday that it's a false excuse to attack the island.
