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By Lawrence Agbo
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has fired back at comments by US President Donald Trump suggesting a possible takeover of Cuba, warning that the island would mount “unbreakable resistance” against any such attempt.
Trump, speaking on Monday during an executive order signing at the White House, said he believed he would have “the honour of taking Cuba.”
“I do believe I’ll be … having the honour of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honour,” he said.
Díaz-Canel stated on Tuesday that if the United States tried to seize control, it would encounter “unbreakable resistance.”
Díaz-Canel said in a post on X that the United States publicly threatened to use force to topple Cuba’s constitutional order nearly every day.
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“This is the only way to explain the fierce economic war being waged as collective punishment against the entire people.”
Trump has been saying that Cuba is about to fall apart for weeks.
Washington has put more economic pressure on Cuba under Trump in an effort to stop the flow of foreign exchange and energy to the Caribbean nation.
The pressure increased after Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, was apprehended in Caracas, the country’s capital, and transported to the United States by U.S. officials in January.
Havana lost one of its most significant allies, who had long supported the island, especially through oil supplies amid the decades-long US trade embargo with Cuba.
Cuba is currently experiencing one of its worst economic crises since Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.
