You're probably right. Hugo has been incredibly emboldened by something of late. Possibly it's the adoring support he's getting from the European left, or the fact that we have simply ignored him for so long that he feels he's getting a free pass.
Personally I thing it's time we pounded this JackA$$ and his Cuban buddy into the ground, permanently. If the rest of the world doesn't like it then too bad, they don't care about us or our security so why should we care what they think?