In response to the intimidation exercised by President Donald Trump anticipating a hypothetical war between the United States and Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of the Caribbean nation, assured that he was ready to face the situation, as he ruled out feeling afraid.

During an interview with the British television network Sky News, the 66-year-old engineer, who also serves as first secretary of the Communist Party on the island, acknowledged that the Cuban population is preparing to respond to any type of plan launched from Washington.

"We do not want a war, but we are not afraid of it either. We are preparing so that it does not take us by surprise or be defeated," he said.

Díaz-Canel clarified that Cuba is not, nor does it wish to be, a colony of any nation interested in subjecting it to its laws or annexing it as part of its territory.

"We are a country of peace. We are not a threat to anyone, on the contrary, we provide solidarity to the world. Therefore, Cuba is not a nation in conflict, we are not a colony and we are not going to renounce our sovereignty or independence," he said.

For several months, Donald Trump ordered the intensification of the trade blockade imposed on Cuba and the first thing he did when exercising control of Venezuelan oil was to stop providing crude oil to the Caribbean nation, a situation that has placed most of its population at a critical point, since as fuel becomes scarce, the possibility of moving food from one point to another in its territory has become less frequent.

However, the Cuban government continues to receive oil ships from Mexico and, although they do not arrive in large volumes or frequently at its ports, the crude oil that is acquired prevents a total stoppage of activities on the island.

In any case, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, does not take his finger off the line to try to convince Trump that it is necessary to force the Cuban military to make way for democracy and that a new group of civilians be the ones who allow the nation's economy to be restructured, opening it to foreign investments as was the case until before January 1, 1959, when a popular movement led by Fidel Castro managed to make Cuba become the first socialist state in Latin America.

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