Cuba Warns of Bloody Conflict if US Attacks

Havana. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has warned that if the United States takes military action against Cuba, there will be bloodshed with unimaginable consequences. Writing on social media X on Monday, he said that Cuba has no aggressive plans against any country and has never been a threat against the United States. "Cuba has not threatened any country. We have no aggressive plans against the United States, and the US government knows this well," he said.

Diaz-Canel stated that Cuba is currently facing multidimensional pressure from the United States and that if a military attack occurs, his country has the full right to self-defense. Currently, relations between Cuba and the United States are said to be at their weakest in decades. The US administration led by US President Donald Trump has announced new sanctions against Cuba. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that more sanctions may come in the coming days.

Under the new sanctions, action has been taken against Cuba's main intelligence agency, the Ministry of Interior, and 11 high-ranking officials. Among them are the Minister of Justice and the Deputy Minister of the Cuban Armed Forces. Meanwhile, a severe energy crisis continues in Cuba. Government officials have said that long periods of power outages will have to be endured as the last oil aid from Russia has ended.

According to international news agency Reuters, major shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM have also decided to stop shipping services with Cuba in compliance with new US regulations. This has increased concerns about a worsening food shortage. For the past few decades, Cuba has been importing most of its food from abroad as agricultural production has been declining. It is said that even traditional products like sugar, coffee, and tobacco now have to be imported.