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Cuba Receives 300 Drones, Mulls Guantanamo Bay Strike

5/19/2026

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Cuba has received over 300 drones from Russia and Iran and is weighing strikes on Guantanamo Bay.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned a U.S. attack would trigger a bloodbath after Treasury sanctions.
U.N. ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán said Cuba would fight back, recalling 1960s U.S. attempts.
Mexico sent a 1,700-ton humanitarian aid shipment, Cuba’s fifth delivery since February.

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Cuba has received over 300 drones from Russia and Iran and is weighing strikes on Guantanamo Bay.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned a U.S. attack would trigger a bloodbath after Treasury sanctions.
U.N. ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán said Cuba would fight back, recalling 1960s U.S. attempts.
Mexico sent a 1,700-ton humanitarian aid shipment, Cuba’s fifth delivery since February.