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Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of military aggression against Cuba had reached a “dangerous and unprecedented level,” after Trump said the United States would be “taking over” the island.
Trump made the remarks during a speech in Florida on Friday, saying the United States would be “taking over” Cuba “almost immediately.” Florida is home to the largest Cuban diaspora.
His comments came hours after he signed an executive order tightening sanctions against the Cuban government and entities that collaborate with it.
“The U.S. president is escalating his threats of military aggression against #Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented level,” Diaz-Canel wrote on X.
He called on the international community to take a position on whether such a “drastic criminal act will be allowed to satisfy the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group, eager for revenge and domination.”
“No aggressor, however powerful, will find surrender in Cuba,” Diaz-Canel added.
Trump has repeatedly raised the idea of taking over Cuba, which lies 145 kilometers, or 90 miles, from Florida.
Cuba has been under a nearly continuous U.S. trade embargo since Fidel Castro led a communist revolution on the island in 1959.
Already facing economic stagnation, Cuba’s situation worsened after Washington imposed a fuel blockade in January. Only one Russian oil tanker has made it through since then.
On Friday, large crowds marched to the U.S. Embassy in Havana to mark May Day and denounce threats of aggression from Washington.
Diaz-Canel led the march along with 94-year-old former leader Raul Castro, the brother of Fidel Castro.
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