Cuba yet to speak with Trump after ultimatum
發佈日期: 2026-01-13 21:07
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Cuba's president says he is not negotiating with the US a day after Donald Trump said the Caribbean nation "should make a deal before it is too late."
Pushback from Cuba to Donald Trump's threat that Havana needs to negotiate a deal or face consequences. The government in Cuba responding and rejecting talks.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel saying Cuba wants "serious and responsible dialogue."
Not speaking on camera, but like Trump, taking to social media, posting "relations between the two countries must be based on international law and not hostility."
"There are no talks current between Cuba and the US apart from technical issues regarding migration."
The mood music is tense. These musicians are smiling but there's unease in the capital.
Diaz-Canel saying his people will defend the country to the "last blood.", and these Cubans appeared to agree.
"People in Cuba talk and talk about the government but if push comes to shove nine million would be on the streets to defend what little we have", said this bar owner.
Housewife Meiilyn is wary. "I think Trump is joking, I don't think he'll invade Cuba, but look at what he's doing in his own country.He could try and cause a distraction. We do need to be prepared."
There were queues at the petrol pumps amid fears fuel could run out if Trump is able to stem the flow of oil.
Venezuela is a long standing ally of Havana and has been sending around thirty-five thousand barrels of oil to Cuba daily.
With Nicolas Maduro removed in a US military operation that killed thirty-two Cuban security officers and tankers seized by Trump's troops, it is stoking fears on the island that the tankers will stop docking.
