The ambassador and permanent representative of Cuba to the UN, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, warned in an interview aired on the program Bloomberg This Weekend that any attempt at aggression or invasion against Cuba will encounter the resistance of the entire Cuban people.
During his intervention, the diplomat reiterated the regime's willingness to engage in dialogue with the United States based on mutual respect.
The interview was disseminated by the official Cuba account at the UN with the message: "Cuba reaffirms that only the people have the right to choose their destiny, without external interference."
The interview, conducted by journalist David Gura, included direct statements from Soberón Guzmán regarding what the regime refers to as pressures from the U.S.: "If anyone tries to invade Cuba or attack it, they will find an entire people, 10 million people, ready to defend our sovereignty and independence."
The diplomat also issued a broader warning: "Any external aggressor will encounter a noble and indomitable resistance," and raising the old official rhetoric, stated that Cuba "would prefer to disappear as a nation" rather than return to the situation that existed before 1959.
At the same time, Soberón Guzmán insisted that Havana is open to negotiation: "We truly want to have this dialogue. This is not a new position for the Cuban government. It's a very old position."
He added that Cuba is willing to talk "about everything," but always on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference.
The statements come at one of the most tense moments between Havana and Washington in decades. On March 16, Trump called Cuba a "very weakened and failed nation" and said it would be "a great honor" to approach it "in a friendly manner."
The next day, alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he promised "imminent actions" and that "we will do something with Cuba very soon."
Rubio, for his part, has noted that "energy is the choke point" to bring down the regime. This strategy is situated within the context of an unprecedented energy crisis for the island.
After the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces on January 3, Cuba lost its main source of Venezuelan oil supply.
The country produces only 40% of its energy demand. Last Friday, Deputy Minister Argelio Jesús Abad Vigoa acknowledged the collapse of the distributed generation system, describing it as the most complex situation in decades.
On March 13, Bloomberg revealed that the Trump administration's plan aims to turn Cuba into an economic protectorate dependent on the United States, involving negotiations with figures close to Raúl Castro to replace Díaz-Canel, without direct military invasion.
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