The Ministry of the Armed Forces of the Cuban regime has heightened its warlike rhetoric following the extraction of Nicolás Maduro.
"The ceasefire order will never be given when it involves capitulating to the enemy. There can be no solutions based on surrender or concessions. The ultimate victory will be ours, no matter how difficult the circumstances in which the struggle unfolds," reads a tweet from the Cuban army accompanied by a photo of an elderly Fidel Castro raising a rifle.
“The war should not be provoked, but we will fight it if the enemy imposes it. The war cannot conclude except 'with victory or death', and for Cuba, there can be no alternative but victory. Reject and abolish the words surrender and defeat from our military terminology,” they assert in another tweet.
This Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hinted that Cuba could be the next target of increased U.S. pressure.
In statements to the network NBC during the program 'Meet the Press', Rubio avoided confirming whether Cuba could be the next target of the administration of Donald Trump, but hinted at the possibility of new actions.
“I’m not going to discuss our next steps or policies at this time, but it is no mystery that we are not great admirers of the Cuban regime,” stated the Cuban-American politician, labeling the Cuban government as “a major problem” following the attacks in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro, while also indicating that the Cuban regime played a central role in protecting the former Venezuelan leader.
The secretary also stated that Maduro's security apparatus was controlled by Cuban agents. “It was the Cubans, not the Venezuelans, who guarded Maduro,” he indicated.
" Its internal security apparatus and intelligence system —those that monitor others to prevent betrayals— are completely managed by Cubans." Rubio stated that this "internal colonization" partly explains the close dependency between Caracas and Havana.
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