US President Donald Trump has mused about “taking over” the island during an oil blockade he imposed
Cuba is prepared to defend itself against a potential US invasion, Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio has said, following remarks by US President Donald Trump about taking over the island.
The comments come as Cuba faces a deepening economic crisis triggered by an oil blockade imposed by Trump in January.
This month, Havana opened talks with Washington in an effort to ease tensions. The US president, however, again spoke last week about “taking Cuba in some form,” arguing that he could do “anything I want” with the Caribbean nation.
Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Fernandez de Cossio stressed that Cuba “has historically been ready to mobilize as a nation as a whole for military aggression.”
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