USomlomo wezokuvikela waseMelika, uPete Hegseth, uveze ukuthi wonke amathuba asesimeni mayelana nokuhlasela kwezempi eCuba ukuze kubanjwe uMongameli uMiguel Díaz-Canel. Lokhu kushiwo ngesikhathi evakashele ikomkhulu leComando Central laseMelika (CENTCOM) eFlorida. Ephendula umbuzo oqondile ngokuthi kukhona yini uhlelo lokuthi "bambeka noma ubulale" umholi waseCuba, uHegseth akazange aqinisekise noma akwenqabe. Wathi: "Sinamathuba avela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi."
Amandla okuhlela ePentagon nengcindezi kumbuso waseCuba
Umphathi wePentagon ugcizelele amandla okuhlela ezempi aseMelika. "Ngempela siphila ngokuhlela. Ngaphandle kwePentagon, akukho muntu ohlela kangcono kuneCENTCOM," kusho yena. Wachaza ukuthi ukuze abuyele emgqeni oyinhloko wesizathi abahleli ngaso, wonke la mathuba asesimeni. UHegseth uphinde waveza ukuthi kunengcindezi enkulu kumbuso waseCuba okwamanje, futhi ngokwakhe, kunesizathu. Wagcizelela ukuthi iziphathimandla zalesi siqhingi zinezinqumo ezinkulu okufanele zithathe, futhi kwesinye isikhathi abaholi bathatha izinqumo ezingalungile uma benengcindezi.
Ukwepha ukuqhathanisa nokusebenza eVenezuela
Umbuzo othile ubuzwe ukuthi ngabe uMnyango Wezokuvikela uhlela umsebenzi ofana nalowo owenzeka eVenezuela wokubamba uMongameli uNicolás Maduro. UHegseth waquma ukuphendula ngqo, wagcina ephinda: "Konke engingakusho amathuba, amathuba, amathuba. Umsebenzi wethu ukwethula amathuba ngezilinganiso ezahlukene, ngokuya lapho umphathi wezempi, uMongameli waseMelika, efuna ukuya khona." I-CNN icele amazwana kuhulumeni waseCuba ngalezi zitatimende, kodwa isalinde impendulo esemthethweni.
UHegseth uvakashela eGuantánamo nendima kaTrump esikhathini esizayo seCuba
NgoLwesithathu (Juni 10, 2026), uHegseth waba sesikhungweni sezempi saseGuantánamo, lapho achaza khona ukuthi "okwenzekayo esikhathini esizayo seCuba kusesandleni sikaMongameli waseMelika, uDonald Trump." Wanezela ukuthi uMnyango Wezokuvikela uzobe ulungile futhi usesimweni sokubhekana nanoma yisiphi isimo ezingeneka. Uvakashi lwenzeka ezinsukwini ezingemuva kokuthi iWashington imemezele izinhlawulo ezintsha eziphezu kukaDíaz-Canel nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu zaseCuba. Kusukela ngoJanuwari, iWhite House iye yaqinisa ingcindezi eHavana ngokuvimba uwoyela okwenze ukuthi inkinga yamandla ezweni ibe nzima, ifuna ukuthi uhulumeni asebenzise izinguquko kwezombusazwe nakwezomnotho.
Ukusabela kukaCuba nokukhula kokungezwani
Ummeli waphakade waseCuba eNhlanganweni Yezizwe, uErnesto Soberón, wasabela ngokushesha ku-X (eyayiyiTwitter). Wabhala: "Ikusasa leCuba, izwe elizimele nelizimele, lingelabantu baseCuba nohulumeni wabo kuphela. USomlomo wezokuvikela, okholelwa ukuthi ikusasa leCuba lisezandleni zabanye, ulahlekile ngokuphelele." Lezi zitatimende zenzeka esimweni sokungezwani okukhulayo phakathi kwalezi zizwe ezimbili. Ngaphandle kwezinhlawulo, inkinga yamandla yaseCuba ijule ngenxa yokuvimba uwoyela okwenziwe yiWashington. Uhulumeni kaTrump ufuna ukuthi umbuso kaDíaz-Canel wenze izinguquko, kuyilapho iHavana iqinisa ukwenqaba ukunikezela engcindezini yangaphandle. Amandla okuhlasela kwezempi ngqo, nakuba kungaqinisekiswanga, aphakamisa iphimbo lokungqubuzana phakathi kwala mazwe amabili.