José Daniel Ferrer García, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), responded this Tuesday from the Netherlands to the warning from Miguel Díaz-Canel about a possible “bloodbath” if the United States initiates a military operation against Cuba, turning the ruler's metaphor on its head and challenging him with a direct phrase: “Stop trying to scare us”, because it is they who are scared and confused.
The video, lasting one minute and 41 seconds, was published on Facebook during Ferrer's European tour as part of the "Cuban Liberation Agreement."
Díaz-Canel had posted on X on Monday that a military aggression from Washington "will provoke a bloodbath of incalculable consequences" and labeled the threats as "an international crime." Ferrer firmly dismissed that warning: "Absolutely no one can believe that."
The opposition leader reshaped the image of the "bath of blood" with deliberate force: "It will be the bath of excrement of those in tyranny, of all those fat cats whose intestines are constantly full, bloated, because they eat very well while the people suffer amidst extreme misery, in the midst of a brutal famine."
He then added the other side of his forecast: "The other river that will flow will be one of joy, one of happiness, and that will be the one of the people when they know it is over. The tyranny has ended, which has committed so many crimes and injustices, and has caused so much pain and suffering to the Cuban people."
Ferrer’s statements come amid an unprecedented escalation of tension between Washington and Havana. The immediate trigger was a report from Axios based on classified intelligence, which indicated that Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran since 2023, with plans discussed to use them against the Guantanamo Naval Base, military vessels, and possibly Key West, Florida.
The regime did not deny the acquisition, and its deputy minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío invoked the principle of legitimate defense. This Tuesday, Politico reported that the Pentagon and the White House are evaluating military options ranging from targeted airstrikes to a ground invasion, although no decision has been made.
Ferrer has been articulating explicit support for a potential U.S. military action for weeks. This Monday, he warned that if the regime is not eliminated, its allies will arm it "to the teeth" and it will become "a much greater danger to the U.S.," comparing the regime's strategy to the 1962 Missile Crisis.
He previously stated in an interview that a military action "is going to happen" because he doubts that the high command of the dictatorship will willingly relinquish power, and that at least 80% of Cubans want the regime to fall.
Ferrer's European tour began on May 2 in Madrid and took him to the European Parliament in Brussels on May 5, where he denounced "the worst crisis in modern history" in Cuba and called for Magnitsky sanctions. He is now in the Netherlands, promoting the "Cuba Liberation Agreement," signed on March 2 in Miami by more than 30 organizations from the exile community.
Ferrer was exiled from Cuba in October 2025 after a hunger strike in the Mar Verde prison. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience.
"Stop trying to confuse and scare others, because the ones who are truly scared and seem very confused—whether they don’t know what awaits them or are pretending not to know—are you," concluded Ferrer in the video this Tuesday, addressing the regime’s leadership directly.
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