In response to Donald Trump’s statements from his social networks this Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel responded that “Those who turn everything into business, even human lives, have no morals to point out Cuba for anything, absolutely nothing.”
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Those who turn everything into business, including human lives, have no morals to point Cuba at anything, absolutely nothing.
Those who today are hysterical against our nation do so sick with rage for the sovereign decision of this people to choose their political model.
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) January 11, 2026
Shortly before, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez had written from the same network that the island “does not receive and has never received monetary or material compensation for the security services it has provided to any country.”
“Unlike the US, we do not have a government that lends itself to mercenarism, blackmail or military coercion against other states,” he wrote.
Right to import fuel
His words responded directly to the US president, who warned the Cuban Government this Sunday that it will no longer receive money or oil from Venezuela, and pointed out that the island has been “living for years” thanks to Venezuelan money and crude oil in exchange for “security services” for the “last two dictators”, in reference to Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
In this regard, Rodríguez alleged that “like every country, Cuba has the absolute right to import fuel from those markets willing to export it and that exercise their own right to develop their commercial relations without interference or subordination to the unilateral coercive measures of the United States.”
“Law and justice are on Cuba’s side. The United States behaves like a criminal and uncontrolled hegemon that threatens peace and security, not only in Cuba and this hemisphere, but in the entire world,” the chancellor wrote.
A morning with direct allusions to Cuba
Also from his network, Trump said that “it seems good” that his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is president of Cuba, whose government he has asked to make “a deal, before it is too late.”
“Sounds good to me!” Trump commented on his social network Truth Social when sharing a post from X by user @Cliff_Smith_1 that predicts that “Marco Rubio will be president of Cuba.”
The leader of the White House points to a cable EFEhas suggested that he could focus on Cuba after the United States military intervention on January 3 in Venezuela, where he captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to transfer them to New York, where they face accusations related to drug trafficking and terrorism.
Trump has indicated that among the people “in charge” now of the South American country is Rubio, whom the press has designated as “viceroy of Venezuela”, which adds to his positions as Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and former head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Trump warns the Cuban Government that it will not receive more oil or money from Venezuela
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has been one of the Administration’s main promoters of United States actions against Venezuela and Cuba. In fact, in South Florida, he points out cnnmany Cubans have felt emboldened by Maduro’s departure and by his influence on the sudden shift in US foreign policy.
“If I lived in Havana and were in the Government,” Rubio said last Sunday, “I would be worried.” The statements were made immediately after the ‘Absolute Resolution’ operation, as the United States maneuver to depose Maduro at the head of Venezuela was named, an event that caused the death of at least 56 soldiers, 32 of them Cuban, according to the Government of Havana.
