“Cuba, which knows well the meaning of having been a colony and neocolony of two empires, is clear that it will never return to being a colony of either of them,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, through his social networks, this Tuesday (8).
The statements were made in response to the provocative map produced with artificial intelligence and published just a few hours earlier by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in which the colors of the American flag cover Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada, Greenland and Iceland.
“The blood that cost their independence, sovereignty and self-determination will not have been shed in vain, and we will defend them until the last consequences”, stated the Cuban leader in his publication on social networks.
Trump’s provocations occur in a context in which, on repeated occasions, officials from his government have spoken about carrying out military actions against Cuba. Meanwhile, since the end of January, the United States government has maintained a policy of economic war against the island, based on energy strangulation and active persecution of any non-American company that does business with the Cuban State.
On Monday (7), Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez made public the annual report that, year after year, the island presents to the United Nations on the impacts of the United States’ economic blockade against Cuba.
Between March 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026, the blockade cost the island US$8.083 billion, the highest figure ever recorded and 7% higher than the same period the previous year.
International rejection
The New York tycoon’s publication generated an immediate and broad diplomatic rejection. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on social media that “Mexico is not and will not be a colony or protectorate of any foreign country.” And he added: “We are proudly a free, independent and sovereign country”.
In turn, Icelandic Chancellor Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir formally summoned the United States ambassador to protest, classifying the publication as “a bad joke” and “inappropriate”. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir defined the publication as an insult to the sovereignty of the countries involved.
Meanwhile, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called the image “disturbing and inappropriate,” reiterating that the people of Greenland have made it clear on repeated occasions that they do not wish to be part of the United States and that “Greenland is not for sale.”
Provocations of this type have been a constant since Trump’s arrival in the White House. In the first hours after assuming his second term, Trump signed Executive Order 14172, which instructed United States federal agencies, such as the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to designate the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” within American continental jurisdiction.
Likewise, on repeated occasions, the New York tycoon published images produced with artificial intelligence in which he suggested an appropriation of Greenland, which provoked several complaints from the Danish government.
More recently, last August, he stated that he would “rename” Lake Ontario — shared with Canada — as “Lake America”. The move sparked strong protests from the government of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Source: www.brasildefato.com.br
