Posted on 04/12/2026 5:19:47 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel revealed that his island nation is bracing for an attack from the US and declared that he is willing to die resisting President Trump.
Since last December, the US has imposed a blockade around Venezuela as part of its Operation Southern Spear effort, and used that to cut off oil supplies to Cuba, which has since plunged further into an energy crisis.
“I don’t think there would be any justification for the United States to launch a military aggression against Cuba, or for the US to undertake a surgical operation or the kidnapping of a president,” Díaz-Canel told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, per a translation.
“If that happens, there will be fighting, and there will be a struggle, and we will defend ourselves, and if we need to die, we’ll die, because as our national anthem says, ‘dying for the homeland is to live.’”
The Trump administration has privately signaled to Cuba’s communist government that Díaz-Canel must go, the New York Times reported.
Díaz-Canel, the first pol outside the Castro family to lead the island nation since the Cuban Revolution, has refused to step aside.
“I have no fear. I am willing to give my life for the revolution,” he claimed. “I wouldn’t like that to be the attitude of the US government.”
Cuba has endured an increase in blackouts in recent weeks as concerns flare that its food supplies are running dangerously low. Experts have noted that many of those issues predated the blockade, but have acknowledged that it has gotten worse since the US cut off crude exports to Cuba.
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No, you’ll die. Most Cubans will help create a straight pathway
What? You mean there are Cubans in Cuba? I thought they all moved to Miami.
In 10 years we could turn that country around.
“We conduct very self-critical analysis and assessments of our reality, and we’re trying to constantly transform and change what we do in order to improve what we do.”
I do not see us invading Cuba.
They will fell apart by themselves.
I think it will have a pretty fast recovery once they are free.
3 million Cubans live in America. That seems like most of the island.
A medical doctor makes $25 a month there-last I heard. We pay them all a dollar an hour and open them up to latin American trade. Slowly they grow. Then fast.
Trump 2026:
MAGA is underway. It’s time to take out the garbage.
I don’t think so. he will cut and run to where his bank account is located.
Based on recent research using duckai, it appears Cuba’s air force and air defenses are just as outdated and useless as Iran’s. With that said, the same type of a campaign waged against Iran could be employed against Cuba with equal success.
The problem is our 5th column consisting of the media and Cuba’s allies consisting of the democrat communists.
I recall during the 2024 election that things looked really bleak for Trump to win, or so the massive propaganda machines told us. In reality, both Harris and Trump new the score long before election day. I suspect the same holds true for mid-terms. All the propaganda and scare tactics are now in play. But I think is is pretty much known now we will not lose the Senate or House, which is why Trump is taking out Iran and Cuba is likely next.
Only a few of you need to die. The rest of you will be free.
So die!
Díaz-Canel: “I have no fear. I am willing to give my life for the revolution.”
So be it, Miguel. Just make sure all your affairs are in order.
He will not be missed.
because as our national anthem says, ‘dying for the homeland is to live.’”
“Dying is no way to make a living son.”
Yeah I think the Cuban leadership needed to die a long time ago
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