By Deutsche Welle
According to officials cited on condition of anonymity by the newspaper USA This present daythe Pentagon would be fine-tuning plans on Cubaawaiting direct orders from US President Donald Trump.
The US Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense) responded to a query from the Spanish news agency EFE that it would not speculate on “hypothetical scenarios” and that the armed forces anticipate various contingencies and “remain prepared to execute the president’s orders.”
Without official confirmation, amid pressure
These statements come after months of measures against Havana: restrictions on oil supplies, among other economic pressures to force political changes, and initial contacts in search of a way out of the crisis, frames the Cuban media in exile. Cybercuba.
Trump himself, who has constantly repeated that Cuba will be his next targetafter Iran, has left the door open to direct action: “I think I will have the honor of taking Cuba,” he said. “It may be a friendly takeover… or not,” he also said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was blunt last month when asked about successive leaks to the press about relations between Cuba and the United States: “Any report about Cuba that does not come from us is a lie”he said, trying to discredit reports such as USA This present day or previous ones from the Unique York Times, in a context of high uncertainty and sensitivity, he recalls. Cybercuba.
Between economic blockade, political pressure and structural crisis
Tensions between Cuba and the United States, which intensified in January, rose again this week when the Foreign Minister of Havana, Bruno Rodríguez, accused Washington of intimidating those who try to trade with the island and defended the right of the Caribbean country to import fuel.
Trump toughened the pressure against the Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel blocking the shipment of Venezuelan crude oil since the capture of the president, Nicolás Maduro, on January 3.
The US oil blockade of the last three months has also aggravated a structural crisis that the island has been suffering from, at least, for more than six years. The country’s economy has contracted 15% between 2020 and 2025.
