“From Cuba, we express our complete solidarity with you and your family in the face of sanctions imposed by the Yankee Empire with its usual arrogance,” Diaz-Canel said. “We strongly support your words. We will not back down and we will not bow down.”
The Cuban leader’s comments underline the region’s growing opposition to Washington’s coercive measures and reflect Havana’s longstanding stance against U.S. intervention in Latin American affairs.
Tensions between Bogotá and Washington have escalated in recent weeks after US President Donald Trump accused Petro of “encouraging large-scale drug production.” Petro quickly rebuked the claim and urged President Trump to “read more carefully about Colombia and identify the real drug traffickers.”
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez issued a similar statement condemning the deployment of a US carrier strike group to the Caribbean, calling the operation’s stated counternarcotics purpose a “false pretext.”
Rodriguez warned that the move threatens peace zones in Latin America and the Caribbean and is a clear sign of a potential military invasion against Venezuela.
MNA