Cuba president talks tough about Trump as nation braces for US attack: ‘If we need to die, we’ll die’

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Apr 12, 2026 · 472 words · By Ryan King

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Cuba president talks tough about Trump as nation braces for US attack: ‘If we need to die, we’ll die’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Cuba president talks tough about Trump as nation braces for US attack: ‘If we need to die, we’ll die’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel revealed that his island nation is bracing for an attack from the US and declared that he is willing to die resisting President Trump.

Common ground

Since last December, the US has imposed a blockade around Venezuela as part of its Operation Southern Spear effort, and used that to cut off oil supplies to Cuba, which has since plunged further into an energy crisis.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cuba has faced widespread protests and riots due to the growing energy and food crisis”

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While the specific 'claim 8' search returned no results, the evidence for claim 5 (Reuters) explicitly mentions protests breaking out in Havana due to blackouts and the fuel blockade, and evidence for claim 2 (Armstrong & Getty) mentions public protests caused by the oil blockade.

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Claim 2: “The Trump administration has privately signaled to Cuba’s communist government that Díaz-Canel must go, the New York Times reported”

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The provided web search results for this specific claim are generic homepages (Google News, CNN, Fox News) and do not contain the specific report from the New York Times regarding the demand for Díaz-Canel to leave power.

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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “hold off” on a Tuesday plan to attack Iran, citing a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as he said...
https://www.cnn.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com. Breaking news and video.
https://www.foxnews.com/

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Claim 3: “Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel revealed that his island nation is bracing for an attack from the US”

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Multiple independent sources report President Díaz-Canel's statements regarding readiness for a US attack and warnings of a 'bloodbath'.

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web search NEUTRAL — until 2019. Díaz-Canel succeeded the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, becoming Cuba's first leader who was not a Castro since the Cuban Revolution ended in 1959, and its first head of state since 1976 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Díaz-Canel

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web search NEUTRAL — How Cuba is preparing for a US attack.“We are ready,” Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on May Day, “And I say it with a profound conviction that I have shared with my family, to give our li…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/16/americas/cubans-prepare-f…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, says any US strike would be catastrophic after reports of 300+ drones.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/cuba-warns-of-…

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Claim 4: “concerns flare that its food supplies are running dangerously low”

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The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (Jamie Oliver, general trade stats, and a prepper forum) and do not confirm that Cuba's food supplies are running dangerously low.

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web search NEUTRAL — "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" Premieres Friday March 26, 9 - 10 p.m., ET on ABCJamie Oliver is here to start a revolution. The impassioned chef, TV person...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLgmk323H6k

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest trade statistics and economic complexity data for Cuba.
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cub

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web search NEUTRAL — Deny Ignorance Main Forums Survival Prepper Food Rationing and Stretching Food Supplies. Our emergencies are avoiding buying it at full price and waiting for good sales. I hope there is a great sale s…
https://denyignorance.com/Thread-Prepper-Food-Rationing-and-…

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Claim 5: “Since last December, the US has imposed a blockade around Venezuela as part of its Operation Southern Spear effort”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and Al Jazeera, confirm a US military operation in Venezuela involving the capture of Maduro and a subsequent blockade of oil exports. One source specifically names 'Operation Southern Spear'.

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web search NEUTRAL — In early January, the United States launched a military operation in Venezuela and captured sitting President Nicolás Maduro. The intervention led to a blockade of Venezuelan oil exports, contributing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026

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web search NEUTRAL — Venezuela (Operation Southern Spear) The blockade began in September 2025, when a US fleet were deployed to the Caribbean under the pretext of “fighting narcotics.”
https://orinocotribune.com/the-us-pulled-off-an-armed-robber…

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web search NEUTRAL — United States President Donald Trump has said the US has carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela and “captured” the country’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro. In a post on Truth Social, …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/3/world-reacts-to-repo…

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Claim 6: “The US has demanded that Cuba release its political prisoners, allow multi-party elections and permit a free press”

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The search results are generic Wikipedia and government homepages and do not provide evidence of these specific demands being made by the US government.

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web search NEUTRAL — 11 hours ago · Reuters.com is your online source for the latest US news stories and current events, ensuring our readers up to date with any breaking news developments
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/

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web search NEUTRAL — United States - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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web search NEUTRAL — Get facts about the U.S., its laws, history, and statistics. Buy government property. Learn about the president and how to contact elected officials and federal agencies.
https://www.usa.gov/about-the-us

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Claim 7: “the US... used that to cut off oil supplies to Cuba”

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The New York Times and Armstrong & Getty both report that the US action in Venezuela led to the cutoff of oil supplies to Cuba.

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web search NEUTRAL — Venezuelan fuel stopped flowing to Cuba entirely in January, after the United States seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s oil industry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba faces a severe fuel crisis due to a U.S. oil blockade, causing blackouts and public protests. CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana to discuss potential aid, contingent on reforms. Cuba's Pr…
https://www.armstrongandgetty.com/content/2026-05-15-us-oil-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration is considering an oil blockade to pressure Cuba after Venezuela’s collapse, debating whether cutting energy supplies could trigger regime change while raising humanitarian and…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/after-venezuela-trump-…

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Claim 8: “Cuba has endured an increase in blackouts in recent weeks”

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Reuters reports that Havana has confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades due to the fuel shortage caused by the blockade.

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web search NEUTRAL — Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and nort…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Protests broke out across the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday evening as the city confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades amid a U.S. blockade that has starved the island o…
https://www.reuters.com/world/cuba/

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Cuba, country of the West Indies, the largest island of the archipelago, and one of the more-influential states of the Caribbean region. A multicultural, largely urban nation, it has been…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba

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Claim 9: “Díaz-Canel, the first pol outside the Castro family to lead the island nation since the Cuban Revolution”

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Wikipedia, CBS News, and BBC News all explicitly confirm that Miguel Díaz-Canel is the first leader of Cuba since the revolution who is not a member of the Castro family.

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web search NEUTRAL — Díaz-Canel succeeded the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, becoming Cuba's first leader who was not a Castro since the Cuban Revolution ended in 1959, and its first head of state since 1976 not from the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Díaz-Canel

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web search NEUTRAL — Miguel Díaz-Canel has served as president of Cuba since 2018 and is also the leader of its Communist Party.He's the first person who is not a Castro to lead the country since the Cuban Revolution in 1…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/castro-family-is-still-central-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Miguel Díaz-Canel has been Cuba's president since 2018. Miguel Díaz-Canel is the first person to hold both the Cuban presidency and the leadership of the nation's Communist Party (PCC) without bearing…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43795286

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