"Cuba does not threaten, Cuba is constantly threatened": Díaz-Canel Bermúdez

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via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish

"In more than six decades of socialist Revolution, ninety miles from the U.S., not a single offensive action against the national security of that country has ever originated from this territory," said the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, through the social network X.

"In any case, and as has been proven, documented, and even acknowledged by international organizations and U.S. agencies from previous administrations, Cuba has worked alongside the U.S. to preserve its security in confronting transnational crimes of various kinds," he continued.

In his post, the president also stated that, while Cuba posed no threat to its northern neighbour, ever since the Revolution "Cuba has faced countless hostile actions originating from that territory...resulting in thousands of Cubans being injured or killed."

"Cuba has had to work throughout this time to confront with resolve and composure the threats that come from the U.S., and that is how we will continue until the very end," he emphasized.

Díaz-Canel stressed that "Labeling Cuba as a threat is, first and foremost, cynical. Both because of what history proves and because of what the facts say right now: every day a new threat emerges from the U.S. toward Cuba."

"To point to Cuba as a threat, while additional coercive measures are decreed and its government is accused of being incapable of minimally sustaining its economy, is so incoherent and fanciful that even those who promote this thesis are unable to back it up with solid arguments."

"This is all part of a narrative construct designed to continue strangling the Cuban people, all while escalating a conflict that could have unimaginable consequences for our peoples and region," he continued.

"Cuba does not threaten, nor does it provoke, but it also isn’t afraid." he concluded.

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