The Administration of the President of the United States, Donald Trumphas raised the possibility that the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, leave power in the framework of contacts between officials from both countries about the future of the island, according to The New York Times.
According to two officials cited on anonymity by The New York TimesUS representatives have indicated to Cuban negotiators that the president should resign, although they have left the subsequent steps in the hands of the Cuban authorities.
The proposal would involve removing Díaz-Canel, but not necessarily modify the structure of the current political system, according to the newspaper.
The cited sources added that, for now, Washington is not pushing for action against members of Fidel Castro’s family, who continue to be influential figures within the country’s power apparatus.
Some US officials believe that the departure of the head of state could facilitate structural economic changes which, in his opinion, Díaz-Canel would hardly support.
Trump stated this Monday that it would be “a great honor” for him to “take Cuba”, in the midst of tensions between both countries due to the energy blockade against the island.
The Republican president has threatened in recent weeks to take control of the island, either formally “friendly” or hostile, and has repeated that the Government of Havana “will fall very soon” because the country “is in ruins,” affected by the crude oil blockade imposed by Washington last January.
For its part, Díaz-Canel confirmed to local media that there are contacts with the US. to “seek solutions through dialogue to the differences between both governments”, something that Trump had already advanced, but that the island had denied.
Cuba began the week with a new national blackout, the sixth in the last 18 months, in the midst of the deep energy crisis that the island has been going through since 2024, a situation that has worsened in the last three months with the oil blockade imposed by the US that is completely paralyzing the economy and triggering social unrest.
With information from the EFE agency
