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Trump says 'Cuba is next' in speech touting US military successes
Trump linked U.S. military victories in Venezuela and Iran to potential pressure on Cuba amid economic crisis and ongoing negotiations with Cuban officials.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump declared "Cuba is next" at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, touting U.S. military actions in Venezuela and Iran before urging media to "disregard that statement."
- Tensions surged after the administration imposed a de facto oil blockade in January, exacerbating Cuba's acute energy crisis and following the operation that seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
- Vowing "unbreakable resistance," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel acknowledged ongoing talks to avert confrontation while asserting that Havana's political future "does not depend on the US."
- Diplomatic efforts remain complicated by vague threats of kinetic action, even as the administration has engaged in recent negotiations with elements of Cuban leadership.
- The United Nations warns fuel scarcity is pushing the country toward a humanitarian crisis, adding pressure from a U.S. trade embargo dating back to 1959 and intensified under more than 240 recent measures.
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“Cuba will be next,” said US President Donald Trump, in the framework of US military interventions in Venezuela and Iran, which he took advantage of to highlight at the FII’s Priority Summit in Miami. Last Friday 27, the President of the United States said that “I built a great army and I said, ‘You will never have to use it,’ but sometimes you have to use it.” It is in this sense that Trump also added that “Cuba will be next. By the way, preten…
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nin.rsCuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said his country is negotiating with the United States in an attempt to avoid a potential military conflict.
The US president began hinting at intervention in Cuba after the attack on Venezuela and the capture of then-President Nicolas Maduro.
US President Donald Trump is now repeating his desire to take over Cuba.
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