Cuba prepares for US attack

Cuba is preparing for a possible attack by the US military, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel. “We are determined to deter any attempt at foreign military aggression against our country,” he said, following recent comments from US President Donald Trump that were widely seen as a threat. However, Cuba is a peaceful country and does not pose a threat to US national security, emphasized Díaz-Canel.

Trump signaled in a radio interview that he wanted to force a change of power in Cuba in the two remaining years of his term in office and could also be prepared to use military force to achieve this. “I want Cuba taken care of before I go,” Trump said. In his own words, he would “definitely consider” military action.

Since the US military attack in Venezuela in January that captured authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the US, military exercises and defense coordination meetings have been taking place regularly across Cuba. Soldiers also provide civilians with basic military training as part of the “war of the whole people” strategy.

Trump has already commented several times about a possible US military intervention in Cuba. In October, during an appearance before the upcoming US general election, he said that American warships could head to the Caribbean island on the way back from their mission in the Iran War and stop off its coast - the rulers in Cuba would then surrender.