From Revolution to Modern Conflict: Breaking Down the Cuba “Takeover” Threats

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel rebuked the U.S. threat to take over his country, warning that efforts to do so would lead to “incalculable” loss of life.

The communist leader referenced the teachings of Fidel Castro, the guerrilla revolutionary who originally established Marxist policies in Cuba in 1959, as he issued a sober message to the United States during an interview with Newsweek.

“Should we fall in battle, to die for the homeland is to live,” Diaz-Canel said in remarks published Tuesday. “If military aggression occurs, we will fight back, we will battle, we will defend ourselves.”

The development follows President Donald Trump’s threats to mount a “friendly takeover” of Cuba earlier this year, after the U.S. similarly took over Venezuela. Diaz-Canel said any U.S. military attack would “result in immense losses for both nations and peoples.”

“The loss of life and material destruction would be incalculable,” he said. “Such an act of aggression would be extremely costly in every respect, and it is not what our peoples deserve.”

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