{"id":125,"date":"2026-05-23T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:36:09","slug":"cubans-rally-in-havana-against-the-trump-administrations-threats-to-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration\u2019s Threats to Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=123\">Critics Warn Utah Megadata Center Could Devastate Great Salt Lake<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration\u2019s indictment of former President Ra\u00fal Castro and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist government has been preparing its citizens to defend their homeland and revolution against U.S. aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo disrespect is shown to the heroes of the homeland!\u201d Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel said as people flooded the streets outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana. \u201cHistory and traditions are not insulted without a response! That does not happen in Cuba!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The massive rally followed Wednesday\u2019s U.S. Department of Justice indictment of revolutionary hero Ra\u00fal Castro, who served as president for a decade after his older brother, Fidel Castro, stepped down in 2008. The DOJ indicted Castro for his alleged role in the 1996 shoot-down of planes operated by the counterrevolutionary group Brothers to the Rescue after repeated warnings that they had violated Cuban airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Rallying under the slogan \u201cRa\u00fal is Ra\u00fal\u201d \u2014 originally popularized during the transitional period of rule between the Castros to highlight the younger brother\u2019s reforms \u2014 Cubans vowed to defend their revolution in the face of the latest U.S. threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new aggression has united us more and elevated the honor, dignity, and anti-imperialist spirit of a people already recognized around the world for their brave resistance to any form of subordination to the empire,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban legislator Mariela Castro, Ra\u00fal\u2019s granddaughter, told rallygoers that \u201cwe are prepared for combat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is going to kidnap him. I can assure you of that,\u201d she said, alluding to the U.S. invasion and abduction of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro on dubious narco-terrorism charges earlier this year. \u201cNeither him nor anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father is very calm, watching and smiling,\u201d Castro added. \u201cHere, we are prepared to fight imperialism. Cuba is a small and poor country, but one with experience confronting U.S. imperialism. We know that as long as there is an anti-imperialist revolution, there will be a gigantic and ruthless enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics noted the hypocrisy of the Castro indictment, given the ongoing illegal U.S. bombing of boats that the Trump administration claims \u2014 without providing evidence \u2014 were smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington has no moral authority to judge anyone,\u201d Gerardo Hern\u00e1ndez, coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, said, referring to the boat-bombing campaign, which has killed nearly 200 people in close to 60 reported attacks. \u201cCuba is a people of peace and reaffirms its legitimate right to self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba does not constitute a threat to U.S. security,\u201d he continued. \u201cOn the contrary, Cuba is a state under attack by the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Observers have pointed to the decadeslong U.S.-backed campaign of anti-Castro terrorism against the Cuban people, including the 1976 bombing of Cubana Flight 455, a commercial airliner with 73 people aboard, including 11 Guyanese nationals and 24 teenage members of Cuba\u2019s junior Olympic fencing team. Perpetrators of the attack enjoyed safe haven in the United States, mainly in Miami, where the city celebrated a day in honor of one of the bombing\u2019s alleged masterminds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cuban people reaffirm the unwavering decision to defend their homeland and revolution,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez added. \u201cWith the greatest determination, they reaffirm their absolute and firm support for Army General Ra\u00fal Castro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=121\">New Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mariela Castro said that \u201cmy family, like all Cuban families, is waiting for instructions to know where we need to go\u201d in the event of a U.S. attack.<\/p>\n<p>As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u2014 whose parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba during the U.S.-backed dictatorship that preceded the Castro-led revolution \u2014 said Thursday that the chances of a \u201cnegotiated and peaceful agreement\u201d with Havana are \u201cnot high,\u201d Deputy Cuban Foreign Minister Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo acknowledged that his country is preparing for war, asserting that \u201cwe would be naive not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuban officials have been circulating a pamphlet titled a \u201cFamily Guide for Protection Against Military Aggression.\u201d The publication warns that the U.S. is preparing \u201cto launch a military assault and destroy our society with the aim of perpetuating capitalism\u2026 and annihilating the dream of our Commander-in-Chief, Fidel Castro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pamphlet instructs Cubans to pack survival kits and seek shelter in the event of air-raid alerts. It also contains life-saving first aid instructions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould the enemy attack, our Revolution will defend itself until victory is achieved and the aggressor is expelled,\u201d the pamphlet states.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump recently tightened the internationally condemned 65-year U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, imposing a fuel blockade that has exacerbated an energy emergency characterized by blackouts and deadly suffering among the most vulnerable Cubans, including sick people and children.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump said that \u201cwe may stop by Cuba after we\u2019re finished\u201d with the illegal U.S.-Israeli war of choice against Iran. The president has also stated he believes he\u2019ll \u201cbe having the honor of taking Cuba,\u201d language echoing the 19th-century U.S. imperialists who conquered the island along with Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain in another war waged on dubious pretense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether I free it, take it \u2014 I think I can do anything I want,\u201d Trump said of the island and its 11 million inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p><em>BreakThrough News<\/em> interviewed Havana residents earlier this week about the specter of U.S. attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Cubans have to protect ourselves,\u201d elderly Havana resident Juan Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to hand any Cuban over to a foreigner, because that would be immoral. It would be treason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez accused the U.S. of \u201cprovocation\u201d in order to \u201cjustify invading the country,\u201d adding \u201cthat would only lead to bloodshed on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides,\u201d he added, \u201cCuba isn\u2019t a threat to them at all. What does Cuba have? Do we have atomic bombs? Do we have anything? We have nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=119\">Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCuba is a people of peace and reaffirms its legitimate right to self-defense,\u201d Cuba\u2019s CDR national coordinator said\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration\u2019s Threats to Attack - Smart Moving Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration\u2019s Threats to Attack - 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