The MINFAR warns that "the price will be very high" for any aggressor who attempts to invade Cuba

Amid the increasing tensions with the United States and following the changes in Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the Havana dictatorship has ramped up its warlike rhetoric, insisting that the Cuban people would be ready to defend the regime in any confrontational scenario.

The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) assured on social media that “the price any aggressor attempting to take control of this country would pay will be very high,” stating that Cuba has been turned into “a trap for any invader at all times” over the years.

The message once again places the population at the center of a potential war, under the concept of the so-called "war of the whole people," a historical doctrine of Castroism that transfers the human cost of the conflict to the citizens.

Although the MINFAR attempts to clarify its message by stating that it is not a "cult of violence," the text itself acknowledges that, if an aggression were to occur, armed struggle would be "the form imposed by the enemy" and the only viable mechanism to assert the supposed rights of the people.

In practice, critics of the regime warn that this discourse normalizes the mass sacrifice of the population in defense of political power, while the State avoids taking responsibility for the real consequences of a confrontation.

In a second post, the Ministry announced the commencement, starting January 12, of the so-called "Year of Preparation for Defense" across the country. This message reinforces the idea of total militarization, stating that “within each soldier lies a potential commander in chief” and that, under certain circumstances, “every man can become his own commander in chief.”

For analysts and opposing sectors, these statements confirm that the regime is once again relying on ideological and military mobilization as a tool for internal control, precisely at a time when Cuba is experiencing one of the worst economic, social, and demographic crises in its recent history.

While millions of Cubans struggle to survive amid blackouts, shortages, and forced migration, the official narrative once again elevates the epic of war above real solutions to the country's problems.