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Cuba's deputy foreign minister says its military is preparing for possible 'aggression' from the U.S.

Cuba's military readiness rises amid an intensifying U.S. oil blockade that has cut fuel to 60% of the island's needs, worsening the economic crisis.

  • On March 22, 2026, Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío said Cuba's military is preparing for possible aggression and emphasized, 'We would be naive if we do not prepare.'
  • An interdicted tanker on March 20 underscored the depth of the fuel blockade when the Sea Horse, carrying approximately 200,000 barrels of diesel, was diverted after U.S. intervention.
  • Gen. Francis Donovan told lawmakers on Thursday that the U.S. military is not rehearsing an invasion and is focused on protecting the embassy, Guantánamo, and migration contingencies, while Havana and Washington acknowledged limited contacts earlier this month.
  • Miguel Díaz-Canel warned this week that any forced leadership change would face impregnable resistance, while the United Nations warned the situation risks a humanitarian catastrophe after outages on March 21.
  • A second Russian tanker, Anatoly Kolodkin, is still en route to Matanzas and whether it will be permitted to discharge will test Washington's enforcement posture amid rising tensions after a U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Nicolás Maduro.
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Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Havana's Deputy Foreign Minister, says it is "naiv" to ignore the possibility of a conflict.

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Cuba's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, said on national television that the military apparatus of the Castro regime is ready to face a possible "aggression" of the United States, in the midst of growing bilateral tension.Read more

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Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, said on Sunday that his country's armed forces are preparing for a possible military aggression by the United States.

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After threats of military intervention, encouragement of the embargo and pressure to replace Díaz-Canel, Havana spoke in national mobilization but did not close the door to diplomacy.

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The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, stressed this Sunday that the island is preparing for a possible US military intervention and that it would be "ingenuous" not to do so."Our army is always prepared and in fact these days is preparing for the possibility of a military aggression.We would be naive if we did not see what is happening in the world," Fernández said in an interview with the U.S. NBC. However, F…

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