The Republican senator from Florida supported Trump’s warnings about the end of the supply of oil and financial resources to the Island and affirmed that the Cuban Government has to resign to make way for democracy.
MADRID, Spain.- The Republican senator for Florida, Rick Scott, assured this Sunday that “the days of the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime are numbered” and supported the recent warnings from the president of the United StatesDonald Trump, on the end of economic and energy support to Cuba.
“President Trump is right, the days of the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime are numbered. There will be no more oil going to Cuba. There will be no more money going to Cuba. He (the Cuban government) has to resign and allow the people of Cuba to have the government they deserve, a democracy and freedom were taken away by the Castro regime decades ago,” the senator stated.
Scott’s statements came hours after Trump published a message on his Truth Social account in which he urged the Cuban government to negotiate “before it is too late.” In his message, the president recalled that the Island was sustained for years thanks to large volumes of oil and financial resources from Venezuela, in exchange for the Castro regime providing “security services” first to Hugo Chávez and then to Nicolás Maduro.
“But not that anymore!” Trump emphasized. According to the president, after the recent capture of MaduroVenezuela now has the protection of the United States and its Army, which it described as “the most powerful in the world.”
“There will be no more oil or money going to Cuba. Zero! I strongly suggest that you reach an agreement before it is too late,” the president stressed in his publication.
In recent days, Trump has intensified his stance against the Cuban regime. In an interview with journalist Hugh Hewitt, He stated that the Government of Havana “is hanging by a thread” and is going through “big problems”, while maintaining that the pressure on the Island is already maximum.
Scott, for his part, has been maintaining since last week that an eventual collapse of the Cuban regime could take place between 2026 and 2027, as a direct consequence of the collapse of Chavismo in Venezuela and a chain of political changes that, according to him, will spread throughout the region.
In recent interviews, the senator pointed out that the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US forces would mark the beginning of a transformation of continental scope. He also recalled that already in 2024 he had warned that the days of the Venezuelan ruler were “numbered” and that his departure from power, due to internal or external causes, would have a direct impact on Cuba, due to the political and economic dependence of Havana on Caracas.
After the arrest and subsequent extradition of Maduro to New York on January 3, Scott reiterated that forecast and stated that the end of the “Miguel Díaz-Canel regime” is only a matter of time.
“Everything takes longer than you think. Maybe it will happen this year, maybe next, but it will happen. We are going to achieve democracy,” he declared.
