Cuba’s communist leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, warned that any military action by the United States against his country would lead to a “bloodbath.”
“The threats of military aggression against #Cuba from the world’s greatest power are well-known,” he wrote on X. “The threat itself already constitutes an international crime. If it were to materialize, it would trigger a bloodbath with incalculable consequences, plus the destructive impact on regional peace and stability.”
He claimed that Cuba “poses no threat, nor does it have aggressive plans or intentions against any country. It has none against the U.S., nor has it ever had any—something the government of that nation knows full well, particularly its defense and national security agencies,” and argued that his country “already endures a multidimensional aggression from the U.S., does have the absolute and legitimate right to defend itself against a military onslaught. Yet that cannot be wielded, either logically or honestly, as an excuse for imposing war on the noble Cuban people.”
According to a report from Axios, intelligence officials believe Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and may be planning an attack on the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay or possibly parts of Florida.
The threat follows CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Cuba last week to discuss the country’s economic stability and security talks.
In March, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the country is preparing for the “possibility of military aggression.”
“Our military is always prepared and, in fact it is preparing these days for the possibility of military aggression,” he said. “We would be naive, looking at what’s happening around the world, if we did not do that.”
“We truly hope that there’s no military action and, frankly, we see no reason – we see no justification for military action against Cuba,” he added. “Cuba is a peaceful country. We’re not an enemy of the United States, we don’t pose any threat to the United States. In fact, we said it openly, we would like to have a friendly and respectful relationship with the United States.”
