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The Prime Minister of the Cuban regime has taken a defiant stance this Saturday against the U.S., stating that they do not feel intimidated by "Yankee threats."
“Yankee threats do not surprise or intimidate us. Rebel and freedom-loving blood runs through our veins. For Cuba, Homeland or Death is not just a slogan, it's a conviction; and victory is not an option, it is the only path,” Marrero said, in the usual tone of the regime's slogans.
Marrero's defiant tone aligns with the call made by the Cuban regime this Saturday for a day of defense amid tensions with the U.S. following Nicolás Maduro's downfall.
This Friday, Republican Senator Ted Cruz stated that this is “the most promising moment in our lives” to witness the fall of the communist regime in Cuba.
Furthermore, he stated that if that happens, many Cuban Americans “with many resources” will want to invest to “turn the country around,” as heard in statements made during an interview with Fox News.
“Now I believe that this is the most promising moment in our lives to see the fall of the communist regime,” he stated.
In that intervention, Cruz compared the Cuban situation to Venezuela and held chavista figures accountable for having destroyed the Venezuelan economy.
He asserted that Cuba "could be a paradise island" if the communists left power and "free enterprise" was allowed, and criticized what he called the "madness" of the Obama administration "targeting" the Castros, contrasting it with a stance of having "nothing to do with them."
Cruz's statements come alongside other recent reactions from U.S. officials regarding Cuba.
The Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that Cuban leaders must choose between having a “real country” with a “real economy” or continuing with a “failed dictatorship,” and warned that insisting on the current model would lead —according to him— to a “systemic and social collapse.”
Rubio stated that the “fundamental problem” in Cuba is that it is “surrounded by incompetent people” who “don’t know what an economy is, let alone one that works,” and asserted that the regime has prioritized political control over an operational economy for decades.
In his statement, the official recalled that the Cuban system has been sustained for over "60-something years" thanks to external donors, first the Soviet Union and more recently Venezuela, but emphasized that this support "has already disappeared," placing Cuban leaders in a dilemma, in his words.
He warned that if the regime insists on "continuing with its dictatorship" —which he also described as "false" in the same exchange— this “will lead to a systemic and social collapse”.
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