By EFE
The Cuban Government warned this Wednesday that a “military aggression” American against the island would cause a “humanitarian crisis”in addition to a “bloodbath” for both countries.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguezalso argued on social networks that there is no “reason” or “pretext” for the US Government to consider Cuba a “threat” and pursue attacking it to “change its political system or its Government.”
“A US military aggression against Cuba would cause a true humanitarian catastrophe, a bloodbath. Cuban and American citizens would lose their lives, a fact that only politicians who do not send their children and family members to wars bet on,” he stated.
In his opinion, “there is not the slightest reason, not even the slightest pretext for a superpower like the United States to militarily attack a small island that does not represent any threat, due to the intention of a few to change its political system or its Government.”
The chancellor had already pointed out in an interview with the American television network ABC last week that A US military intervention on the island could trigger a “bloodbath.”
Rodríguez’s statements come a day after the United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth said that Cuba represents a “threat to national security” of his country.
Hegseth alleged before the House Armed Services Committee that the island has hosted military and intelligence bases of “adversaries,” a reference to China and Russia, and has even hosted Russian military vessels, including a nuclear-powered submarine.
Hegseth thus took up the argument put forward a week earlier by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who in an interview showed his discomfort over the use of Cuban territory by “adversaries” of the United States, and described those operations, 90 nautical miles off the coast of Florida, as a threat.
Since January, Washington has urged Cuba to significantly open its economy and reform its political system, pressing new sanctions and even threats of military intervention.
Among the measures applied by the US to Cuba, the oil blockadewhich has almost completely prevented the arrival of imported crude oil to the island, and the most recent round of sanctions, with secondary measures of an extraterritorial nature.
15 days ago, Senate Republicans once again blocked a Democratic initiative that sought limit Trump’s war powers over Cuba.
On May 2, Trump stated during a rally in Florida that he would take control of Cuba “almost immediately” and added that this would happen when the war against Iran ends.
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