will shed “every last drop of blood” to “defend the Homeland” rather than give in to Trump

This weekend, and after the pressure that Trump has already directed against countries like Colombia or Mexico, the president announced that Cuba will stop receiving both money and oil from Venezuela. A flow that Washington claims was given in exchange for “security services” provided to the Chavista regime.

The Government has resorted to the revolutionary epic of Castroism to respond to pressure from the Trump administration, ensuring that the country is willing to “pour every last drop of blood” as long as “defend the homeland rather than give in to Washington’s demands.

As if Fidel Castro I would have said those words.

Although its author is actually the current Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canelwhich insists on maintaining the essence of the withered and expired Castro revolution.

Besides, Trump urged Havana to negotiate an agreement with the United States “before it is too late”, thus reinforcing pressure on the Cuban Government in the midst of the current economic crisis that the island is going through.

The reaction of the Cuban Executive was immediate. Díaz-Canel and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, They strongly rejected Trump’s threatsdefending the country’s sovereignty and denying that its relationship with Venezuela is based on the “exchanges” that Washington claims.

Cuba has called the statements of the US president political blackmail and coercionarguing that, like any other sovereign State, it has the right to maintain commercial relations with whoever it considers appropriate without being pressured by ultimatums.

“Cuba has the absolute right to import fuel from those markets willing to export it and that exercise their own right to develop their commercial relations without interference or subordination to the unilateral coercive measures of the United States,” Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez posted on his X account.

“Law and justice are on Cuba’s side. The US behaves like a criminal and uncontrolled hegemon that threatens peace and securitynot only in Cuba and this hemisphere, but throughout the world,” Rodríguez added.

Last Friday, the Cuban Foreign Minister said that the island is not going to “sell the country or give in to the threat and blackmail” of the United States after participating in the tribute ceremony in Caracas to those who fell in Washington’s attack to capture Nicolás Maduro.

An operation in which 32 Cuban agents died.

During this Sunday, Havana has also insisted on demand that the US put an end to Maduro’s “brutal kidnapping”and his wife, Cilia Floreswhich he called “illegal” and a “judicial and media farce.”

“It’s eight days from brutal kidnapping of the legitimate president of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro Moros, and his wife, Cilia Flores,” wrote Bruno Rodríguez, on social networks.

Meanwhile, this escalation coincides with a critical moment for the island, which faces one of its worst economic crises in decadeswith fuel shortages, blackouts and difficulties in essential sectors that could be further aggravated without the energy support that Caracas provided.

Venezuelan crude oil

Venezuela has been Cuba’s main energy supplier based on a bilateral agreement, through which Caracas has received professional services from Havana (mainly doctors and teachers, but also security and defense experts) in exchange for shipping crude oil to the island.

After contributing up to 100,000 barrels a day for years, Caracas reduced that amount to an average of 27,000 barrels in 2025 due to the drop in production and the reinforcement of US sanctions.

The Caribbean country needs around 110,000 barrels to cover its energy needs basics, of which about 40,000 come from national production.

Currently, about half of your needs of crude are covered with imports, mainly from Venezuela and Mexico, and to a lesser extent from Russiaaccording to independent studies.

Geopolitics experts say they do not know how the relationship between Chavismo and Castroism will develop after Maduro’s absence.