Cuban president to Trump: We’re prepared to defend Cuba 'to the last drop of blood’
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump's threat against his country, stressing that Havana is prepared to defend itself “to the last drop of blood.”
President Diaz-Canel made the comment on Sunday after Trump claimed that no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba following the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro by US special forces.
"THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday.
"Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela," Trump added.
The Cuban president retorted by emphasizing that Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation, and no one has the right to dictate what it should do.
"Cuba does not attack; it has been attacked by the US for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the homeland to the last drop of blood," Diaz-Canel said on X.
He said that the United States is "hysterical" against the Caribbean nation.
"Those who blame the Revolution for the severe economic hardships we suffer should be ashamed and keep quiet," Diaz-Canel said. "Because they know and recognize that they are the result of the draconian measures of extreme asphyxiation that the United States has imposed on us for six decades."
Meanwhile, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said their country has the right to import fuel from any suppliers willing to export it.
He also denied that Cuba has received financial or other "material" compensation in return for security services provided to any country.
On January 3, the US military abducted Maduro and his wife from Caracas and transferred them to New York following an attack involving heavy bombing, aircraft, warships, and commandos.
Hours after the attack, Trump said the United States would "run" Venezuela at least temporarily and be "very strongly involved" in the country’s oil industry.
The military attack on Venezuela followed months of pressure on the country under the pretext of combating illegal drugs destined for the United States.
Caracas firmly denied any connection to drug trafficking and maintained that Washington aimed to overthrow the Venezuelan president in a bid to take control of the nation’s vast oil reserves.
In December 2025, Trump announced a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
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