As Trump pressured Cuba to strike a deal, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez asserted that the country will defend itself “to the last drop of blood.”
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CubanPresidentMiguelDíaz-CanelBermúdezdeclaredSundaythattheislandnationwoulddefenditself“tothelastdropofblood,”respondingtopressurefromU.S.PresidentDonaldTrumptostrikeadealwithWashington.
PresidentTrumphadspokenaboutCubainaTruthSocialpostearlierintheday,urgingthat“theymakeadeal,BEFOREITISTOOLATE.”
“ThosewhoblametheRevolutionforthesevereeconomicshortageswesuffershouldholdtheirtonguesoutofshame.Becausetheyknowitandacknowledgeit:theyarethefruitofthedraconianmeasuresofextremestrangulationthattheU.S.hasbeenapplyingtousforsixdecadesandnowthreatenstosurpass,”theCubanwroteonX,accordingtoatranslationoftheSpanish-languagepost.
“#Cubaisafree,independent,andsovereignnation.Noonedictateswhatwedo.Cubadoesnotaggress;itisaggresseduponbytheUnitedStatesfor66years,anditdoesnotthreaten;itprepares,readytodef
