Cuba’s president fires back at Trump over takeover threats

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Miguel Diaz-Canel

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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has fired back at comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about a possible takeover of Cuba.

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On Monday, Trump told reporters he thinks he will have the “honour of taking Cuba.”

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“I do believe I’ll be … having the honour of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honour,” he said during an executive order signing at the White House.

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On Tuesday, Díaz-Canel said the U.S. would face “unbreakable resistance” if it attempted a takeover.

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In a post on X, Díaz-Canel said the U.S. publicly threatened Cuba, almost daily, to overthrow the constitutional order by force.

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“This is the only way to explain the fierce economic war being waged as collective punishment against the entire people.”

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For weeks, Trump has been repeating that Cuba is on the brink of collapse.

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Under Trump, Washington has increased economic pressure on Cuba, aiming to cut off the flow of foreign currency and oil to the Caribbean island.

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The pressure intensified after U.S. authorities carried out an operation in January in which Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, was arrested in the capital Caracas and taken to the U.S.

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The move deprived Havana of one of its most important allies, which had long supported the island, particularly through oil supplies, amid the decades-long U.S. trade embargo with Cuba.

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Currently, Cuba is in one of its most severe economic crises since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959.

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(dpa/NAN)

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