Cuba Warns Against Foreign Interference in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today issued a warning to Latin America, describing what he called an imperial threat to regional stability as he denounced the deployment of U.S. military forces.

In a message posted on social media, the head of state cautioned that “imperial greed” endangers the Latin American and Caribbean Zone of Peace—declared in 2014 by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)—as Washington “trains its gunboats” against Venezuela.

“Alert #LatinAmerica. Imperial greed threatens our #ZoneOfPeace when it trains its gunboats against the brave nation of the Liberator and of #Chávez, the undeniable successor of the Bolivarian ideal of integration in Our America,” the Cuban leader wrote.

On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged the people to prepare firmly to face “whatever comes, whenever it comes, and however it comes.”

Through his Telegram account, Maduro summarized key points from his press conference the previous day, in which he reiterated that the Bolivarian Republic would not yield to psychological warfare, blackmail, or threats from the United States.

“We must prepare firmly to face whatever comes, whenever it comes, and however it comes!” the president emphasized on the platform, reaffirming that “we are people of dialogue and peace, but we will not give in to psychological warfare, blackmail, or threats.”

Maduro stressed that after five weeks of aggression, “some media outlets headline that tension with the United States and the Caribbean is rising” and asked what should be done in the face of eight warships and a nuclear submarine targeting Venezuela.

“Defend ourselves legitimately!” he asserted, adding that the Venezuelan people must be united and empowered.