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"The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, said that his country is 'ready' to face possible military aggression from the United States amid recent tensions with Washington. The president made statements in Havana on Thursday during a public event in the heart of the island to mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, also known as the Battle of Giron. This was an event where Cuban exiles, supported by the CIA, attempted to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. "The moment is extremely challenging and calls on us once again, as on that April 16, 1961, to be ready to face serious threats, among them military aggression. We do not want it, but it is our duty to prepare to avoid it. And if it were inevitable, to win it," Diaz-Canel said. He also asserted that 'Fidel is that conviction that a united people can defeat an empire' and said that resistance to 'daily invasions' constitutes an ethic that remains in force in the country. Moreover, Diaz-Canel indicated that the main cause of the island’s problems is the 'genocidal blockade of the United States government', to which he attributed 'absolute guilt' for the suffering of Cuban families. "We call for a national and international movement of solidarity that brings the truth of Cuba to every corner of the planet. The suffering of the people due to actions of blockade and multidimensional economic war, aggravated by the energy blockade, which is described as genocide due to the extreme levels of deprivation to which all Cuban women and all Cuban men are subjected," he continued. Relations between Washington and Havana have been tense since 1959. In January 2026, the US government intensified economic pressure on the island by imposing an oil blockade and warning of tariffs on countries that send crude to Cuba. Since then, the energy crisis has worsened, with daily blackouts and a deterioration of living conditions on the island. US President Donald Trump has warned about a possible 'friendly takeover' of Cuba. In that context, the newspaper USA Today reported this week that the Pentagon is intensifying a possible scenario of military intervention on the island if Trump orders it."
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