"Faced with the worst-case scenario, Cuba has one guarantee: any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance. The takeover plans were the only explanation of the ferocious economic war that is applied as collective punishment against the entire people, with the US threatening almost daily to overthrow Cuba's constitutional order by force using a weakened economy that Washington itself had attacked and sought to isolate for more than six decades."
"Whether I free it, take it, I think I can do anything I want with it. They're a very weakened nation right now. It's a failed nation. They have no money, they have no oil, they have no nothing. Cuba right now is in very bad shape, and we'll be doing something with Cuba very soon."
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel responded to Donald Trump's statements about potentially taking Cuba by declaring the country would mount unbreakable resistance to any external aggression. Diaz-Canel accused the US of threatening Cuba's constitutional order almost daily while simultaneously waging economic warfare through embargoes and isolation lasting over six decades. He characterized the economic hardship as collective punishment designed to weaken the nation. Trump stated he could take Cuba, describing it as a failed nation lacking money and oil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized Cuba's recent decision allowing exiles to invest and own businesses as insufficient market reform. The threats reflect the Trump administration's broader strategy to expand US regional dominance.
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