Cuban Leader Warns Of Potential 'Bloodbath' If US Takes Military Action
by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Cuba’s leader on Monday warned that any U.S. military action against the communis
What the Documents Show
No oil imports had arrived since December 2025. This wasn't a consequence of Havana's economic mismanagement. It was a direct result of Trump administration policy. The administration had blocked shipments from Venezuela following the U.S. capture of then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January—a detail buried in most coverage as if it were background context rather than the causal mechanism of the current crisis.
Follow the Money
The Trump administration simultaneously imposed three interlocking pressures: the oil blockade, explicit demands that Cuba end political repression and release prisoners, and what Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez characterized as a fabricated report. Rodriguez's May 18 statement directly contradicted an Axios report claiming Cuba had acquired hundreds of drones. He called it a "fabrication." The mainstream interpretation treated this as Cuban denial. What it actually was: a false pretext being circulated to justify preemptive military action. Then came Miguel Díaz-Canel's May 18 warning. He didn't initiate threats.
What Else We Know
He responded to the blockade and the fabricated intelligence by stating a basic fact: if the U.S. invaded, there would be a "bloodbath with incalculable consequences." He explicitly reasserted Cuba's defensive posture and insisted the country poses no threat. The framing in Western outlets inverted this causality. Headlines led with the Cuban "warning," treating it as aggressive rhetoric, when it was a response to an active campaign of economic warfare and false intelligence. Russia sent approximately 700,000 barrels of crude oil last month—a measure of desperation that demonstrates how completely the U.S. energy blockade had isolated the island.
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