“The US president (Donald Trump) is making new threatening statements against Cuba; and the Treasury Department has added new names of Cuban leaders, organizations, and companies to an illegitimate sanctions list,” the president stated.

  “They are aimed at reinforcing the blockade measures and the conflict scenario between Cuba and the United States,” Diaz-Canel added in a message posted on his Twitter account.

  “The aggressiveness and perversion of the U.S. government will clash with our determination to face the worst-case scenarios and resist the imperial onslaught,” he emphasized.

  In another of his threats against Cuba, Trump said that, on his return from Iran, Washington will make “a brief stop” in the Caribbean nation, which has denounced the tightening of the blockade and the construction of a narrative to justify aggression.

  Earlier, the island’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, called the inclusion of President Diaz-Canel, members of his family, as well as Cuban institutions, organizations, and companies on “an illegitimate and unilateral U.S. list” vile.

  “Every U.S. action aimed at constructing a conflict scenario between the two countries is destined to fail.” “Every threat against Cuba’s independence and sovereignty will be met with even greater unity and determination from our people,” he emphasized.

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