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Cuba tells Russian news agency TASS it is preparing for 'any scenario, including a military one'
Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ernesto Soberón, said on Monday in an interview with the Russian state agency TASS that Havana takes the possibility of a U.S. military operation 'very seriously,' according to CiberCuba and Diario de Cuba.
Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, told the Russian state news agency TASS that 'we must be prepared for any scenario, including a military one,' linking that preparation to statements by senior U.S. officials about the possibility of 'taking, bombing or destroying Cuba,' according to CiberCuba.
Soberón said one day each Friday is devoted in Cuba to defense training, to prepare the population for a possible attack. Despite the warning tone, he said the Cuban government is not seeking armed confrontation and remains open to dialogue with Washington on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference, the same outlet reported.
Diario de Cuba read those words as an admission that the regime is preparing the population for war because it lacks the military capacity to confront a possible U.S. intervention.
The remarks come after the Moncada 2026 strategic exercise, held on November 4 and 5 with the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the Interior Ministry, militias, reservists and civilian structures. During those maneuvers the chief of the General Staff, General Roberto Legrá Sotolongo, warned that Cuba would defend the country 'house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, zone by zone,' CiberCuba reported.
The diplomat also said that on the island 'there are no foreign military installations other than the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo,' and rejected the idea that cooperation with Russia is a threat to the United States. He noted that over the past ten months the Cuban government has held talks with the State Department, the FBI, the CIA and Southern Command, despite tensions between the two governments.
Sources: CiberCuba · Diario de Cuba
Data updated: 2026-11-09T16:15:00.000Z