These words came just a few hours after Trump published a message on his Truth Social social network urging the Cuban regime to negotiate.
MIAMI.- The president of the United States, donald trumpstated this Sunday that his administration “is talking to Cuba, and they will know very soon,” in reference to a possible negotiation or conversations between Washington and Havana. He added that one of the groups he wants to protect are “the people who came from Cuba and who were forced to leave or abandoned under pressure, and who at this moment are great citizens of the United States.” The video With these statements it was published by the official White House Rapid Response account.
These words came just a few hours after Trump published a message on his Truth Social social network urging the Cuban regime to negotiate “before it is too late.” In that message, the president maintained that Cuba had depended for many years on Venezuelan oil and money in exchange for providing “security services” to the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
“But not that anymore,” Trump emphasized, referring to the collapse of that alliance after the recent events in Venezuela. The president assured that “the majority of those Cubans are dead because of the United States attack last week,” alluding to the military operation that culminated in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and that, according to official versions, left dozens of dead, including at least 32 Cuban soldiers.
Trump also warned that there will be no more oil or money for Cuba and urged the Havana regime to reach an agreement with the United States, although he did not specify what the terms of an eventual negotiation would be or the consequences of rejecting it.
The statements of the US president once again place Cuba at the center of the regional geopolitical board, at a time of high tension after the fall of the Maduro government and the weakening of the main allies of the Havana regime in Latin America.
