HAVANA - The United States has no grounds to launch an attack against Cuba, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said Wednesday, warning such a move would cause death and destruction.
"Isn't there a lack of grounds to justify killing, maiming, and causing destruction and misery, in addition to running the certain risk of losing lives on their own side?" Fernandez de Cossio wrote on X in response to a report by US magazine Politico.
The official accused the magazine of encouraging Washington to go to war and criticized it for claiming that the US military was prepared to attack Cuba and only awaited "a final go-ahead from Donald Trump."
According to the Politico report published Wednesday, "the Pentagon has spent months positioning the troops and weapons needed for the United States to launch a military attack on Cuba."
Since the beginning of 2026, the United States has announced new measures against Cuba, including restrictions targeting countries that supply oil to the island and additional sanctions against Cuban entities and officials.
