“Trump is preparing to take the US into another illegal war against Cuba,” warned one progressive critic of the US president. “We must stop him. It’s not too late.”
People protest the internationally condemned US blockade of Cuba and the Trump administration’s military threats against the socialist nation, in Brussels on February 7, 2026.
(Photo by Peter Mertens/X)
Brett Wilkins
Apr 15, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
Is Cuba next in line for a US attack?
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said it could be, and USA Today on Wednesday cited “sources familiar” with the matter who said that the Pentagon is “quietly ramping up” preparations to wage war on the socialist nation if Trump gives the order.
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On Monday, Trump flippantly declared that “we may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this,” referring to the illegal US-Israeli war of choice on Iran that’s left thousands of Iranians dead or wounded, including hundreds of children.
Trump has also said that he believes he’ll “be having the honor of taking Cuba,” language echoing the 19th century US imperialists who conquered the island along with Puerto Rico and the Philippines from Spain in another war waged on dubious pretense.
“Whether I free it, take it—I think I can do anything I want,” Trump said of the island and its 11 million inhabitants.
The USA Today report—authored by Kim Hjelmgaard, Rick Jervis, and Francesca Chambers—sparked widespread alarm among advocates for peace.
“This is not a drill. Trump is preparing to take the US into another illegal war against Cuba to appease the Miami mafia,” Progressive International co-general coordinator David Adler said Wednesday on X. “We must stop him. It’s not too late.”
Cubans—who have been subjected to generations of privation and hardship due largely to the internationally condemned US economic embargo of their island—have mostly shrugged off Trump’s threats, with some observers noting that Cuba’s socialist era has outlasted a dozen American presidents.
Responding to a question about a possible US attack on his country, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that “if that happens, there will be fighting, and there will be a struggle, and we will defend ourselves, and if we need to die, we’ll die, because as our national anthem says, ‘Dying for the homeland is to live’.”
Numerous observers expressed shock, but not surprise, that Trump—the self-proclaimed “peace president” who has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US president—is setting his sights on Cuba, which American presidents since Thomas Jefferson have coveted.
Trump has been threatening Cuba since his first administration, when he systematically rolled back the Obama administration’s diplomatic normalization with the island’s socialist government. He also activated a provision of the Helms-Burton Act allowing lawsuits over property confiscated after the Cuban Revolution.
On the last day of his first term, Trump re-designated Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, a move critics slammed as absurd given that Cuba has never carried out any acts of terrorism—unlike the United States and the militant Cuban exiles it harbors, who have a decadeslong record of terrorist bombings and other attacks, as well as numerous failed or aborted attempts to assassinate former revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Since returning to office, Trump has ratcheted up military threats and economic pressure on Cuba, which was already reeling from decades of US sanctions and the inefficiencies of centralized state control. Trump tightened the embargo by severely restricting fuel imports, exacerbating an energy emergency characterized by blackouts and deadly suffering among the most vulnerable Cubans, including sick people and children.
Last month, US Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) introduced a war powers resolution aimed at preventing Trump from attacking Cuba without congressional authorization as required by law. Numerous war powers resolutions related to Iran, Venezuela, and Trump’s extralegal high-seas boat bombings have failed to pass.
Joint declaration: South Asia stands with Cuba against the blockade!
First published at ML Updates.
We, the undersigned Communist, workers’, and left-wing parties of South Asia, issue this collective call in firm and unwavering solidarity with the government and people of Cuba.
The United States government has imposed an inhuman naval blockade on Cuba. No oil has been able to reach the country over three months, since 9 January 2026. As a result, Cuba has faced at least two nationwide blackouts. This blockade has brought economic activity and essential services to a standstill.
Water pumping equipment is paralysed, leading to a lack of safe water. Crops cannot be harvested or transported, causing food to rot in the fields while city markets remain empty. The collapse of public sanitation systems leads to overflowing sewage and public health risks. Most devastatingly, there is an acute shortage of medicine, emergency rooms lack means to refrigerate vaccines, blood products, and medications.
The ongoing blockade is a flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. It is brutal act of aggression, amounting to collective punishment. It is designed to undo the historic gains of the Cuban Revolution which provided a dignified life, including world renowned healthcare and education, to the oppressed and exploited masses.
But the Cuban people remain unbowed. Cuba will not surrender.
As the Cuban Revolution continues to defend its sovereignty against the intensified aggression of US imperialism, we stand together to demand an immediate and unconditional end to the illegal economic embargo that has besieged the Cuba for over six decades.
We condemn the extraterritorial nature of the Helms-Burton Act (1996). This act violates the sovereignty of third-party states, disrupts global trade, and suffocates Cuba.
We condemn the United States designation of Cuba as a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. This is a cynical political fabrication intended to cripple the Cuban economy and incite regime change by denying people access to basic necessities, including medicine and fuel.
We stand with the Cuban people in their just struggle for sovereignty and dignity. The Cuban Revolution of 1959 remains a lodestar of the international movement for peace, development, and socialism. We defend it as if it were our own.
We recognise the profound humanity and internationalism of the Cuban Revolution. While the imperialist powers export debt and militarism, Cuba exports life. Cuba’s medical brigades have been a lifeline in our region. From the tsunami in Sri Lanka, to earthquakes in Pakistan and Nepal, Cuban doctors were selflessly on the frontlines of disaster response.
We urge governments in South Asia and across the Global South to condemn the blockade and to provide material assistance to Cuba. Cuba’s struggle represents the collective struggle of the Global South. What is done to Cuba will be done to all those who dare exercise sovereignty. Only together can we win a better future for our peoples.
In an era of naked imperialism and unilateralism, Cuba’s resistance is our resistance. Defending Cuba is a fundamental duty for all who strive for justice, sovereignty, and dignity.
South Asia Stands with Cuba!
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Communist Party of Pakistan, Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Democratic Left Front — Sri Lanka, Frontline Socialist Party — Sri Lanka, Haqooq-e-Khalq Party — Pakistan, Lanka Sama Samaja Party — Sri Lanka, Mazdoor Kissan Party — Pakistan, Nepali Communist Party, Workers Party of Bangladesh.
7 April 2026
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