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Lis Cuesta, the wife of Miguel Díaz-Canel, reacted on the social network X to the new executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump against the Cuban regime and issued a direct warning.
"Take care, Mr. Trump, of those who lie to you like this and only seek to occupy your chair in the Oval Office," he wrote, after questioning why Washington considers the island an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States.
Cuesta's post, which could reference Marco Rubio, came after Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency by stating that "the policies and actions of the Government of Cuba" pose an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to national security and U.S. foreign policy.
The decree, issued by the White House, will take effect starting January 30, 2026, according to the text described in the document.
In his message, Cuesta also criticized the historical and moral approach of the measure, stating: "There is no merit in emulating Valeriano Weyler or the Hitlerian genocides. History will condemn them. Homeland or Death. We will prevail!"
According to the description of Trump's decree, the U.S. administration argues that the Cuban government "aligns itself with numerous hostile countries, transnational terrorist groups, and malign actors opposed to the United States," explicitly mentioning Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
The text accuses Cuba of "harboring dangerous adversaries" and allowing the installation of "military and intelligence capabilities" that, according to the document, directly threaten the national security of the United States.
Among the statements, it notes that Cuba maintains "the largest Russian intelligence base outside of that country" and continues to build cooperation in defense and intelligence with China.
Additionally, the executive order denounces that the "Cuban communist regime" supports terrorism, "destabilizes the region" through migration and violence, and commits human rights violations against opponents, restricting freedoms such as expression, worship, and press, according to the document itself.
Reactions from the upper echelons of power
In the same vein as Cuesta, the regime's chancellor, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, declared an "international emergency" this Friday in response to the executive order.
Rodríguez described the Trump administration as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" that "comes entirely or substantially from the neofascist anti-Cuban right," in a message posted on X and on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX)
The text attributed to "the people of Cuba, with the solidarity of the international community" concludes that the situation with the U.S. Government affects national security, the foreign policy of all countries, international peace, and the survival of humanity in the face of nuclear and climate threats.
U.S. measures establish a tariff system that would allow Washington to impose additional taxes on imports from countries that sell or supply oil to Cuba, directly or indirectly.
It also assigns the Secretary of Commerce the determination of whether a country engages in those operations, and the Secretary of State, in consultation with other agencies, the decision on whether tariffs are applied and to what extent.
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