Cuba’s strategy was promoted in the eighties by then-president Fidel Castro and is based on the general mobilization of the Cuban population to face possible external aggression.
The National Defense Council of Cuba approved “the plans and measures” to give way to “the State of War,” state media reported this Sunday, January 18.
The announcement comes amid tensions with the United States after Washington’s attacks on Venezuela that culminated in the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
According to the official press, the measures – of which no details were given – are based on the concept of the War of all the people.
This is a strategy promoted in the eighties by then-president Fidel Castro and is based on the general mobilization of the Cuban population to face possible external aggression.
State media indicated that the plan was approved on Saturday during a meeting of the National Defense Council – the body in charge of assuming control of the country during natural disasters or armed conflicts – “in compliance with the activities planned for Defense Day” with the aim of “increasing and perfecting the level of preparation and cohesion of the management bodies and staff.”
They also noted that former President Raúl Castro, 94, “kept up to date with the development of the activity,” and described it as “a good and efficient meeting.”
The president of the island, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is also the head of the National Defense Council.
This was the second Saturday dedicated to defense activities in the country after the US military operation on January 3.
These exercises have included ambush rehearsals and training for the installation of mines, protection of the population and combined classes in areas such as military health, defense against weapons of mass extermination, handling of the AKM rifle and masking techniques, according to reports from the state dam.
In the North American attack on Caracas, 32 Cuban soldiers died, whose remains arrived on Thursday on the island, where they received a series of posthumous tributes.
Two weeks after the US attacks on Venezuela, the Havana government has reinforced its verbal confrontation with Washington. In one of the tribute acts to the soldiers who died in Caracas, Díaz-Canel stated that “there is no surrender or surrender possible” in the face of a possible attack by the United States.
“Cuba does not have to make any political concessions nor will it ever be at the negotiating table for an understanding between Cuba and the United States,” he stressed.
During the events, Díaz-Canel wore the olive green uniform of the head of the National Defense Council, something that is reserved, according to Cuban law, for states of war and emergency, or in case of general mobilization.
With information from EFE
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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