The Government of Cuba reacted this Tuesday to the statements of the US president, Donald Trump, who assured that the island is “about to fall” after the capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduroand affirmed that Cubans are “willing” to give their lives in the face of external pressures.
In a message published on the social network
The foreign minister’s statements responded to statements made by Trump on Sunday, when he maintained that Cuba is on the verge of economic collapse and that, after the recent events in Venezuela, it will no longer have access to that country’s oil.
The president of #USAshowing total ignorance about #Cuba and repeating the agenda of lies of Cuban-American politicians and other interest groups, blasphemes and threatens our people.
In his words he obviously, with all intents and purposes, his criminal policy of suffocation… pic.twitter.com/89r2cDIyvG
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) January 6, 2026
“Cuba seems like it is about to fall. I don’t know how they are going to be able to maintain themselves, they have no income. They received all their income from Venezuela, from Venezuelan oil,” said the US president, who added that “many Cuban Americans are going to be very happy” with Washington’s policy.
Rodríguez affirmed that Trump repeats “the agenda of lies of Cuban-American politicians and other interest groups,” and accused him of “blaspheming and threatening” the Cuban people.
Along the same lines, after the military operation that culminated in the capture of Maduro, the Secretary of State of the United States, the Cuban-American Marco Rubio, declared that, if he were “in Havana,” he would be “worried, even a little.”
Marco Rubio, after Maduro’s capture: “If I were in Havana I would be worried”
During that operation they died 32 Cuban soldiersaccording to the island’s Government, which assured that the deceased “fell after fierce resistance in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombings.”
Various analysts had pointed out that Maduro’s first personal security ring was made up mostly of Cubans, a version that neither Caracas nor Havana had officially confirmed.
Venezuela was until now the main political ally and one of the main economic supports of Cuba, thanks to regular shipments of Venezuelan oil, essential for electricity generation on the island. According to The New York Timespart of that crude oil was also resold by Cuba to China, which would mean an additional loss of foreign currency for Havana.
“With the military deployment against Venezuela, the US also sets its sights on Cuba,” analysts warn
The island imports around 80% of the products it consumes, due to the collapse of its agricultural and industrial production, and depends on foreign currency to acquire hydrocarbons and food. However, its main sources of income – tourism, remittances and medical missions – are currently going through a period of weakness.
EFE/OnCuba
