Reference News, March 18 report - According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, on March 18, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel responded to U.S. President Trump's remarks about possibly taking over Cuba.
Trump told reporters on the 16th that he believed he would "have the honor of taking over Cuba."
He said while signing an executive order at the White House: "I do believe I will... have the honor of taking over Cuba. It's a good thing, a great honor."
Díaz-Canel stated on March 17 that if the United States attempted to take over Cuba, it would face an "unbreakable resistance."
He wrote on the social media platform X: "The United States almost daily openly threatens to use force to overthrow Cuba's constitutional order. This is the only explanation for the United States' fierce economic war and its use as a collective punishment against all Cubans."
For weeks, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Cuba is on the brink of collapse. During Trump's administration, Washington increased economic pressure on Cuba, aiming to cut off this Caribbean island nation's foreign exchange and oil supply channels.
In January of this year, before the escalation of U.S. pressure on Cuba, U.S. authorities carried out an operation to forcibly control the president of Venezuela, Maduro, in Caracas and transport him to the United States.
The report states that this move by the United States caused Havana to lose one of its most important allies. In the context of the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Venezuela has long provided support to Cuba, especially in terms of oil supplies. (Translated by Guo Jun)
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