President Miguel Díaz-Canel ruled out the need for any changes in Cuba’s government, even in the face of pressure from United States President Donald Trump against the communist country. “The person who is in leadership in Cuba is not elected by the US government. He does not have a mandate from the US government,” said Canel in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Thursday, the 9th, distributed openly this Sunday, the 12th, on the website.
And he stated: “We have a free sovereign state. We have self-determination and independence. We are not subject to the will of the United States.”
Cuban leaders do not represent an elite in power, but are elected based on popular participation, he said.
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“The US government has no moral standing to demand anything from Cuba,” commented Díaz-Canel, referring to the embargo on the country. “We are not demanding changes from the American government,” he added.
Regarding a possible US aggression, Canel said that “if that happens, there will be a fight, there will be resistance, and we will defend ourselves, and if we need to die, we will die, because, as our national anthem says, ‘To die for the country is to live’.”
