The Pentagon intensifies its plans for military intervention in Cuba, according to media

Washington .- The Pentagon would be intensifying its plans for military intervention in Cuba, according to local media, although the War Department called for no speculation.

According to officials cited under condition of anonymity by the newspaper USA Today, the Pentagon would be refining plans on Cuba awaiting direct orders from US President Donald Trump. The War Department responded to EFE that it would not speculate on “hypothetical scenarios” and that the armed forces foresee various contingencies and “remain prepared to execute the president’s orders.”

Tensions in Cuba over a possible military intervention

Tensions between Cuba and the United States, which intensified in January, had a new surge this week when Havana’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, accused Washington of intimidating those who try to trade with the island and defended the Caribbean country’s right to import fuels.

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Trump hardened the pressure against the Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel in January by blocking the shipment of Venezuelan crude oil since the capture of the president, Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd.

The US oil embargo of the last three months has also aggravated a structural crisis that the island has been suffering for more than six years. The country’s economy has contracted by 15% between 2020 and 2025.