The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, has warned of the U.S. threat that jeopardizes the Latin American and Caribbean zone of peace.

On his account on the X platform, the Cuban leader pointed to Washington’s true objective “when it trains its cannons” against Venezuela, describing it as “imperial greed.”

Díaz-Canel referred to the South American country as “the brave nation of the Liberator and of Chávez” and highlighted President Nicolás Maduro as the successor of the Bolivarian ideal of regional integration.

Cuba has reiterated its rejection of the U.S. military presence in Caribbean waters, near Venezuela’s coasts, under the pretext of combating drug trafficking.

This presence includes the deployment of more than 4,000 Marines, three destroyers (USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Sampson), an attack submarine, and other military assets, which Cuba considers a direct threat to the sovereignty of the Bolivarian people.

This latest statement follows Díaz-Canel’s remarks on August 20, when he called on participants at the XIII Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) to denounce these “new imperialist shows of force.”

At that time, the Cuban head of state stressed the importance of protecting the region’s achievements in peace and disarmament, urging a coordinated response from Latin American and Caribbean nations.

Along the same lines, on September 8 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez accused Washington of “attempting to repeat the old and well-known U.S. strategy of creating false pretexts” to interfere in regional affairs.

Rodríguez further stated that the U.S. military deployment represents an escalation that could negatively affect international relations in the area, reinforcing Cuba’s longstanding criticism of U.S. naval and air forces operating in the region.

Caracas has also denounced that U.S. actions violate international laws governing the passage of ships through the exclusive economic zones of several countries, including Venezuela.

In addition, President Maduro’s government has filed a complaint with the United Nations, rejecting the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean as an act of aggression against hemispheric stability.

In response to this escalation, Venezuela has activated defense measures to safeguard its sovereignty and maintain peace, including the mobilization of territorial and grassroots structures for the defense of the nation.