Cuba activated wartime structures against the backdrop of threats of military aggression from the United States, -. caused
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the country was preparing to repel possible foreign military aggression. According to him, the reason was repeated statements by American politicians and officials, who, according to the Cuban leader, call for military action against the island.
"We have the determination to repel any attempt of foreign military aggression against our country, and for that we are preparing," Diaz-Canel said during the defense training events in the municipality of Bairros.
The Cuban leader said the authorities had activated wartime command structures to carry out defense training under peaceful conditions.
"It is this repeated rhetoric of threats of military aggression that has forced us to activate wartime structures for peacetime operations and intensively prepare our population for defense," the president explained.
According to him, national defense days are held every week in Cuba, where the army, local governments and the population practice actions in the event of an armed conflict.
Last week, the country also hosted the Moncada 2026 national strategic military exercise.
Diaz-Canel emphasized that Cuba does not intend to abandon the socialist path, despite the difficult situation in the country.
"In the current climate, we must demand that the United States government lift and end the blockade of our country, stop the collective punishment of the Cuban people, stop all this genocidal aggression that it wants to subject all of our people to," he said.
The president also rejected claims that Cuba poses a threat to the security of other countries.