Cuban President Rejects Trump's 'Threats' – A 60-Year Echo We're Meant to Ignore
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has reportedly stated there will be no talks with the U.S. amidst Trump’s escalating rhetoric. Al Jazeera frames this as a response to 'threats,' which, while true in the immediate sense, lacks crucial historical context. The 'threats' against Cuba didn't begin with Trump, nor did they end with Obama's brief thaw. (Remember the 'Special Period' engineered by the
U.S. embargo?) For over sixty years, the U.S. has engaged in a relentless campaign of economic strangulation and covert operations against Cuba, from the Bay of Pigs invasion to countless assassination attempts on Fidel Castro (documented by the Church Committee, 1975). The embargo alone, codified in 1962, has cost Cuba an estimated $147.8 billion to date, according to UN reports. So, when Havana
says 'no talks' in response to renewed 'threats,' it's not just a rejection of Trump; it's a rejection of a consistent, bipartisan policy of regime change disguised as diplomacy. One might wonder why Al Jazeera, usually keen on exposing Western hypocrisy, forgets such a foundational piece of the puzzle here.