{"id":28289,"date":"2026-01-07T15:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=28289"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:14:48","slug":"cuba-condemns-hostile-us-rhetoric-pledges-to-defend-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/cuba-condemns-hostile-us-rhetoric-pledges-to-defend-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba condemns ‘hostile’ US rhetoric, pledges to defend sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba\u2019s minister of foreign affairs has strongly denounced the Trump administration\u2019s hostile rhetoric toward his country, warning that Havana remains ready to protect its sovereignty in the face of escalating US aggression.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a message published Tuesday on the social media platform X, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla delivered a firm response to recent statements from President Donald Trump and senior US officials.<\/p>\n

He described the language coming from Washington as offensive, threatening, and rooted in a profound misunderstanding of Cuba\u2019s political and social reality.<\/p>\n

He said the US president is repeating false narratives pushed by Cuban-American politicians and entrenched interest groups, using them to divert attention from what he described as the real source of hardship for ordinary Cubans, which is Washington\u2019s long-standing policy of economic strangulation and the deliberately tightened blockade imposed by successive US administrations.<\/p>\n

He stressed that this policy, which he described as deliberately intensified and genocidal in nature, has inflicted serious damage on Cuban families by obstructing economic development and restricting access to essential goods and resources.<\/p>\n

Despite these pressures, the foreign minister underlined Cuba\u2019s determination to resist. \u201cOur valiant people, true to their history of struggle, will defend their nation against any imperialist aggression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He closed his message with a forceful statement of national resolve, saying, \u201cFor this land, we are prepared to give our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cuba declares national mourning for 32 citizens killed in US aggression against Venezuela<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has declared two days of national mourning for 32 citizens killed during the US military aggression on Venezuela.<\/a><\/div>\n

Tensions have further sharpened following Saturday\u2019s US military aggression against Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Monday while returning to Washington from an extended holiday in Florida, Trump dismissed the need for restraint. \u201cI do not think we need [to take] any action,\u201d he said. Without Maduro and the Venezuelan oil supplies, he added, \u201cCuba looks like it is ready to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secretary of State\u00a0Marco Rubio struck an even more menacing tone, suggesting that Washington could intervene directly. \u201cI am not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be,\u201d he said on Sunday, before adding, \u201cIf I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I would be concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the anniversary of the January 6 riots, an American journalist and news anchor described Trump as a bully who takes whatever he wants unless confronted by force.<\/p>\n

According to the journalist,\u00a0the events of January 6 exposed a rejection of democratic limits and a willingness to rely on intimidation to retain power, warning that\u00a0the same mindset shapes Trump\u2019s foreign posture, pointing to his language on Cuba,\u00a0Greenland<\/a>, and\u00a0Mexico<\/a>\u00a0as evidence of a politics driven by domination rather than law or diplomacy, with consequences that extend far beyond the US.<\/p>\n

During a riot on January\u00a06, 2021,\u00a0Trump supporters occupied the US Capitol while lawmakers were in the process of reviewing the certification of state electors which indicated Joe Biden’s victory. Some Trump supporters had hoped that this process could have resulted in some of the electors being disqualified, thus overturning the outcome of the presidential election.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span><\/p>\n

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