The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured this Tuesday that Cuba “is about to fall” because it has not received oil from Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro was deposed from power.
“Cuba is about to fall. Cuba is a nation that is very close to collapse,” he assured the press before holding a rally in Iowa. The Republican stressed that Havana “got its money from Venezuela, it got its oil from Venezuela, but they no longer have it.”
Regarding Venezuela, Trump said that the United States has “a very strong presence” in that country, which, he said, has “the largest oil reserves in the world,” and affirmed that it is “working excellently” with the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez.
“Now they will do better than ever and we will be earning a lot of money for them and a lot of money for our country. We have a very good relationship with the leaders of Venezuela and we are going to keep it that way,” he expressed.
Trump maintains that the Cuban Government has its days numbered since the United States attack on Venezuela on January 3, which resulted in the capture of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were transferred to New York, where they face drug trafficking charges.
Washington believes that the end of the shipment of Venezuelan crude oil to the island will cause a regime change in Cuba, a country affected by a serious economic and social crisis.
The Cuban Government has condemned the intervention in Caracas as an “act of terrorism” and warns that it will not tolerate intimidation or threats from the United States, which does not even rule out the use of military force.
“There is no surrender or surrender possible, nor any type of understanding based on coercion or intimidation. Cuba does not have to make any political concessions nor will that ever be at the negotiating table for an understanding between Cuba and the United States,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
