The congressman warned him that he does not think he would do well “in a federal prison.”
MIAMI.- The Cuban-American congressman Carlos Gimenez This Sunday he issued a direct warning to Lis Cuesta Perazawife of Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel, in the midst of a climate of political tension that has intensified after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Floresby US special forces in Caracas on January 3.
In a message posted on his X accountGiménez wrote: »Our message to La Primera Esbirra Lis Cuesta» and continued “there is still time to hand over Díaz-Canel.” The congressman warned him that he does not think he would do well “in a federal prison.” The message spread quickly among Cuban exiles and opponents of the regime, in a context marked by the collapse of Chavismo after more than two decades in power.
The warning is part of a series of publications in which the Republican legislator has raised the tone against the Havana regime. In recent days, Giménez assured that “the days of the Cuban regime of colonizing Venezuela and oppressing its people are over,” and later released an image with the text “Cuba’s puppet dictator is next,” accompanied by an illustration of Miguel Díaz-Canel in handcuffs, in clear allusion to Maduro’s fate.
These statements coincide with a moment of marked unpopularity for Díaz-Canel and his wife on the island. In interviews conducted by Cubanet on the streets of Havana, several citizens have openly expressed their rejection of the current leadership and have even gone so far as to ask in front of cameras that they “take them away too,” reflecting the social fatigue caused by the economic crisis, food shortages and the general deterioration of living conditions.
Cuba has also been very present in the White House speech during the last week. In a recent interview with journalist Hugh Hewitt, President donald trump He stated that the Cuban Government “is hanging by a thread” and is going through “big problems.” When asked about the possibility of increasing pressure against what he described as a “police dictatorship,” Trump assured that the margin to toughen the policy is already maximum, except for direct military action. “I don’t think there can be much more pressure than going in and bombing the hell that is the place,” he said.
In that same intervention, Trump linked the internal fragility of the Cuban regime with the loss of Venezuelan support, highlighting that the island depended for years on oil and economic support from Caracas. “His lifeblood, his entire life, was Venezuela,” he said. When asked directly about whether Díaz-Canel could fall like Maduro did, Trump responded affirmatively: “Yes. I think Cuba is hanging by a thread. Cuba is in big trouble.” This Sunday the president advised Havana to negotiate with them.
In this scenario, Giménez’s statements and Washington’s growing emphasis on Cuba reinforce the perception that the political and diplomatic siege on Havana is tightening, while internal and external pressure on an increasingly isolated regime increases.
