Washington — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez insisted Cuba “poses no menace” to the US and does not have “aggressive plans or intentions towards any nation,” after Axios reported that the island nation has a whole lot of army drones and has been allegedly discussing plans to strike the U.S. army base in Guantanamo Bay and probably Florida’s Key West.
The Cuban president did not particularly point out the reported drones, however reasonably, criticized what he described as “threats of army aggression towards Cuba from the world’s biggest energy” and defended Cuba’s “absolute and bonafide proper to defend itself towards a army onslaught.” Axios reported Cuba has acquired roughly 300 army drones and stashed them all through the nation. CBS Information has not independently confirmed the main points of the drone report, though Cuba is not denying the existence of army drones.
“The threats of army aggression towards Cuba from the world’s biggest energy are well-known,” Díaz-Canel stated on social media in a translated assertion. “The menace itself already constitutes a global crime. If it have been to materialize, it might set off a massacre with incalculable penalties, plus the damaging affect on regional peace and stability.
“Cuba poses no menace, nor does it have aggressive plans or intentions towards any nation,” he continued. “It has none towards the U.S., nor has it ever had any — one thing the federal government of that nation is aware of full effectively, significantly its protection and nationwide safety companies. Cuba, which already endures a multidimensional aggression from the U.S., does have absolutely the and bonafide proper to defend itself towards a army onslaught. But that can not be wielded, both logically or actually, as an excuse for imposing conflict on the noble Cuban folks.”
The Trump administration has been publicly contemplating the potential of army intervention in Cuba, following the army operation in Venezuela. President Trump, whereas touting the seize of former Venezuelan chief Nicolás Maduro in January, has stated that “Cuba is subsequent.” In March, he stated he would have the “honor” of “taking Cuba in some kind” and “I can do something I would like with it.”
The U.S. has put monetary stress on Cuba in latest months, in an effort to weaken the Communist Social gathering’s management. The administration has threatened large-scale tariffs on any nations that export oil to Cuba, inflicting vitality shortages on the island — a transfer Díaz-Canel referred to as “genocidal” in a separate social media submit on Monday. However the sanctions have not crippled Cuba’s management, as some had hoped.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana final week, demanding “elementary adjustments” there and warning that Cuba can “now not be a secure haven for adversaries.”
