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Cuba's president says he's 'not stepping down' in interview with NBC News
Díaz-Canel said he will not step down and defended Cuba’s one-party system as U.S.-Cuba tensions remain high.
- On Thursday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel rejected calls to step down during his first U.S. network interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, stating "stepping down is not part of our vocabulary."
- Severe fuel shortages and rolling power outages across Cuba follow, with officials blaming the 50-year-old U.S. economic embargo for the nation's inability to produce more than 40% of its required fuel.
- Defending his mandate, Díaz-Canel told Kristen Welker that Cuban officials are "elected by the people" and lack any mandate from the U.S. government, questioning if her question originated from the State Department.
- Havana's negotiating posture has hardened, narrowing diplomatic openings with Washington and dimming prospects for swift relief from ongoing economic and energy pressures affecting public services.
- While Díaz-Canel accuses the U.S. of a "hostile policy," Washington officials like Senator Marco Rubio argue the shortages stem from Cuba's economic mismanagement, as tensions remain high between the two nations.
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Cuba's Díaz-Canel Says He Is 'Not Stepping Down' in NBC News Interview
Cuba's figurehead "President" Miguel Díaz-Canel said he is "not stepping down" in an interview with NBC News. The post Cuba’s Díaz-Canel Says He Is ‘Not Stepping Down’ in NBC News Interview appeared first on Breitbart.
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"Renunciation is not part of our vocabulary," Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel responded in an interview with the US channel NBC News in Havana. The interviewer had asked him if he would resign from his position if that represented saving Cuba. Before answering, Díaz-Canel, who was not used to confronting uncomfortable questions from the press, was upset about the question and rebuked him if he had put the same question to Donald Trump or anoth…
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said this Thursday that he did not intend to give up the...
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