US-Cuba Tensions: No Military Strike, Talks Ongoing

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. White House officials shot down any talk of a US military strike on Cuba this week, clarifying President Trump's recent comments that the island. Nations regime is doomed to collapse on its own. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said, Cuba's government is economically fragile, with its people fed up after years of hardship. Trump first dropped the line back in March at a Florida Investment Conference, right after mentioning Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. He framed it as, the next domino to fall, but Levitt's stress no outside force is needed. The weakness is internal. Tensions spiked this year when the US cut off Cuba's Venezuelan oil supply, piling on existing sanctions, that triggered massive blackouts lasting over 12 hours, fuel and food shortages, and a total standstill that deepened the island's five-year. Crisis. Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canal pushed back hard, telling Newsweek that Cuba

1:04is a nation of peace, not war. He highlighted their defensive war of all the people, doctrine, and insisted nothing justifies aggression while offering talks if sovereignty is respected. High-level US Cuba conversations continue behind closed doors, but details stay under wraps for now, leaving the standoff in a tense holding. Pattern