Cuba Ratifies Right to Self-Defense Amid Threats of Military Aggression

Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and President of the Republic, today denounced United States threats to militarily aggress against Cuba and ratified his country’s legitimate right to defend itself.

On the social media platform X, the head of state underscored that this threat constitutes an international crime and that, if materialized, would provoke a bloodbath with incalculable consequences.

Furthermore, he warned, it would have a destructive impact on regional peace and stability.

He asserted that Cuba does not represent a threat, nor does it have aggressive intentions toward any country.

He assured that Cuba has no such plans against the United States, nor has it ever had them, and that the U.S. government—particularly its national defense and security agencies—is well aware of this fact.

Cuba, which already suffers from a multidimensional form of aggression from the United States, does possess the absolute and legitimate right to defend itself against a military onslaught. This right cannot be used logically or honestly as an excuse to impose a war on the noble Cuban people, Díaz-Canel concluded.