{"id":2000110876,"date":"2026-05-03T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000110876"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:12:41","slug":"cuba-denounces-unprecedented-escalation-of-u-s-military-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cuba-denounces-unprecedented-escalation-of-u-s-military-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba denounces unprecedented escalation of U.S. military threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The U.S. president escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diaz-Canel called on the international community and the American people to decide whether they would allow “such a drastic criminal act” to serve the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group seeking revenge and domination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that no aggressor, “no matter how powerful,” would find surrender in Cuba, but rather “a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez also said on X the same day that Trump’s “clear and direct” threat of a military attack had raised aggression against Cuba to dangerous levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodriguez said popular support for the Cuban Revolution was demonstrated “massively” during May Day celebrations on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at an event in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said the United States would take control of Cuba “almost immediately” after “finishing a job,” referring to the conflict with Iran in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that he “could” send the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to the Caribbean and have it stop about 100 yards off Cuba’s coast “on the way back from Iran.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cuban President\u00a0Miguel Diaz-Canel<\/strong>\u00a0on Saturday denounced the escalation of Washington’s military threats against the country by US President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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