Cuba’s top envoy to US calls Trump’s sanctions on Cuban leaders a ‘pretext’ for military action

Cuba's top envoy to the U.S., Lianys Torres Rivera, accused the Trump administration of using sanctions against Cuban leaders and the indictment of Raúl Castro as a pretext for military intervention. She described the U.S. sanctions and energy blockade as causing severe economic hardship for Cuban civilians and compared the situation to the U.S.-backed intervention in Venezuela. Torres Rivera warned of resistance if military action were taken against Cuba.