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By Gonzalo Zegarra, Patrick Oppmann, CNN

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a speech in March. The president has warned that a US military assault on Cuba would cause a "bloodbath."

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has warned that a US military assault on Cuba "will cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences" amid renewed tension between Havana and Washington.

"Cuba poses no threat, nor does it have aggressive plans or intentions against any country. It has none against the US, nor has it ever had any, something the government of that nation knows well," the leader said in a post on X.