The Cuban Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the nation would fiercely defend itself if attacked by the US, and that it did not consider comparisons with Venezuela to be accurate.
The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing White House officials, that senior US officials were considering the possibility of capturing former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in a scenario similar to what happened in Venezuela.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry wrote on its social media platform X: “If Cuba is attacked, it will exercise its legitimate right to self-defense.”
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel previously responded to a question about his potential resignation under US pressure, saying that the idea of simply surrendering is alien to Cuban revolutionaries.
He also emphasized that Cuba does not consider comparisons with Venezuela to be accurate given the differences in the historical and political developments of the two countries.
