Miguel Diaz-Canel emphasized that any agressor will "face the nation full of determination to defend sovereignty and independence on every centimeter of its national territory"

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President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel has noted the increase of the military threat from the US side to an unprecedented level.

“The US President is intensifying his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented level,” Diaz-Canel wrote on his page in X. “The international community should pay attention to that and determine together with the American nation whether such a radical criminal act is allowed for satisfying interests of a small yet rich and influential group, driven by the revenge and the appetite for domination,” he noted.

“Not a single aggressor, whatever powerful it is, will find capitulation in Cuba,” Diaz-Canel stressed. “It will face the nation full of determination to defend sovereignty and independence on every centimeter of its national territory,” he added.

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    29 days ago

    We should be investigating who the likely candidates to take over if Diaz-Canel gets kidnapped or killed and whether or not they are going to be truly willing to do what it takes to defend the country or whether they will capitulate like Delcy.

    • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      29 days ago

      Salvador Valdés Mesa is the VP, he joined the Revolutionary Militia as a kid and was Minister of Labour in the 90’s so he seems very solid. I think the Cuban political structure is much more like Iran, any attempt to merk the top is just going to solidify the ideology of resistance

    • DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      10·
      29 days ago

      Did Delcy betray the revolution or something? Last i checked it is a “giving money to the robber in order to not get stabbed” situation.

      I think the concessions given so far are largely seen as “what it takes to defend the country” by most people here.

      • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        71·
        29 days ago

        If I allow privatization of our natural resources, let the US decide who we are allowed to sell those natural resources to, and then take 30% of the profitsfor themselves, release people from prison who have attempted coups and other political violence for fascists, eliminate charities and missions because they were established by Chavez, and normalize relations with the US which was only going to happen by giving the US what they want- have I not betrayed the revolution?

        • DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          7·
          29 days ago

          Again, were those demands set by the very same America that is also threatening the country and its people?

          I have to be honest, I am not exactly strong in my knowledge and judgement, which is why i started with “most people here…”. A baby-marxist so to say.

          I believe this post does a much better job than i could hope to do right now: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11003738

          I hope you can excuse me not being able to debate these points though.

      • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        63·
        29 days ago

        Last i checked it is a “giving money to the robber in order to not get stabbed” situation.

        That’s just puppeteering. There isn’t a difference between that and a socdem government that gives the wealth of national resources to a foreign state.

        what it takes to defend the country

        What it takes to defend the country, its sovereignty and its political autonomy is willingness to die for the revolution. Delcy does not have that, and so what you’ve got is something no different to a socdem imperialist comprador political situation. Spinning that as “she has no choice” is harmful. Maduro could have done the same thing as her. Maduro was willing to die for it. Maduro will die for it. She is unwilling to do what he was willing to do.

        Socialists truly committed to defending their political project should be willing to die for it. That’s what we’re up against.

        I’m hopeful that Cuba is going to be like Iran and they’re going to fight for it. I am not looking forwards to the death that will cause but the alternative is conversion of the socialist project into a comprador socdem project instead.

        The US strategy right now is eliminating political leadership followed by asking the next leadership if they are willing to die for it or become their puppets. The only option is to fight or see the end of socialist projects.

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    29 days ago

    I hate this world that liberals have built. All the suffering and death…and for what?! That you’re mad that workers want to create a political and economic system that doesn’t allow the richest to control our fate? That such a system could ever out compete yours when given the chance?!