After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only "find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46768300

May 2, 2026

President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez of Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from US President Donald Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the United States escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement. “The international community must take note and, together with the people of the United States, determine whether such a drastic criminal act will be allowed to satisfy the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group, driven by desires for revenge and domination.”