Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has accused the United States of inventing an excuse to start an economic war with Havana. Rodriguez Parrilla has said that an Axios report claiming that the island had acquired attack drones from Russia and Iran is nothing more than a pretext for a potential invasion of the island nation.

The Axios report claimed that Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones since 2023 and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels, and possibly Key West, Florida, which is only 90 miles north of Havana. Axios cited a classified intelligence source.

“Certain media outlets are playing along, spreading slanderous claims and publishing insinuations leaked by the US government,” the minister said.

Rodriguez Parrilla described the Axios report as an attempt to concoct a “fraudulent case to justify the ruthless economic war against the Cuban people and, eventually, military aggression.” He added that Cuba “neither threatens nor desires war.”

US ruler Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Cuba in recent months, saying it could become the next target of the US, once they are done with Iran. Back in March, Trump declared that he would eventually have “the honor of taking Cuba.”

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The Cuban ruling class responded, saying that they are not afraid of war.

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The US has already imposed an oil embargo on the Caribbean island in February, prompting blackouts and fuel shortages, and has repeatedly threatened military action.

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A senior US official told Axios that the White House views Cuba’s potential use of drones as “a growing threat,” even though the report further stated that currently, the US doesn’t really see Cuba as a viable problem just yet. The US does not fear that Cuba is planning an imminent attack.

But the war mongering continues.