Cuba’s top envoy to US calls Trump’s sanctions on Cuban leaders a ‘pretext’ for military action
The Cuban envoy said sanctions and the Raúl Castro indictment are meant to justify military action as Cuba faces 20-hour blackouts.
- On Tuesday, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera told The Associated Press that recent US sanctions and the indictment of former President Castro serve as a "pretext" for military intervention.
- The Treasury Department leveled sanctions on Cuban President Miguel and others Thursday, the same day President Donald Trump said the United States would "handle" Cuba after completing military operations in Iran.
- Torres Rivera described the situation as "a war without bombs," noting that US economic pressure has caused power cuts of up to 20 hours a day for ordinary Cubans struggling with food and medicine shortages.
- Defending the government, the envoy declared, "Raúl is sacred," emphasizing that Cuba is prepared to respond if attacked and will defend the country until the end.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintains Cuba poses a security threat due to ties with China and Russia, though Torres Rivera insisted, "We are not a threat to the U.S., and we don't want confrontation.
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Washington. The recent U.S. sanctions against Cuba’s leadership and the accusation against former President Raúl Castro are a pretext for President Donald Trump’s government to convince the U.S. people to support a military intervention, Cuba’s ambassador to the United States, Lianys Torres Rivera, said yesterday
Cuba's top envoy calls sanctions 'pretext' for military action
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