The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to remove Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel from power. This was reported in the New York Times on Monday, March 16.
According to the newspaper, the country’s authorities have already understood in Havana that the president must resign; Washington is not interested in more resignations.
In addition, American politicians want Cuba to agree to remove from power some elderly officials who still agree with the ideas of revolutionary Fidel Castro.
There is currently a power outage on the island. The power outage was the first since the United States cut off oil supplies.
The country’s Ministry of Energy quoted the message: “There was a complete shutdown of the national electrical power system, and the reasons are being clarified, and restoration protocols are being activated.” edition.
A day earlier, US President Donald Trump expressed his hope that he would have the honor of seizing Cuba. He noted that “it would be nice” to put the island under American control.
On March 7, the US President announced that the United States would turn to Cuba after the end of the military operation in Iran. The head of the White House also signed a declaration to form an alliance to fight cartels.