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Cuban defense minister, Gen. \u00c1lvaro L\u00f3pez Miera (right) and Cuba\u2019s leader, Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, during the burial in Havana of 4 of the 32 Cubans bodyguards killed during the U.S. military attack to capture Venezuela\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Ra\u00fal Guillermo Rodr\u00edguez Castro, Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s grandson, is behind them.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just another day in paradise for the sheriff in the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n
Despite a report about Cuba discussing plans to use drones to attack U.S. targets, including Key West, Sheriff Rick Ramsey says he wasn\u2019t told a thing \u2014 and urged calm among Keys people who are usually pretty calm about all sorts of things.<\/p>\n
Axios reported Sunday<\/a> that Cuba has acquired 300 military drones and could use them to target Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military ships and the Southernmost City, just 90 miles away. Axios reported that U.S. officials don\u2019t believe there is any imminent threat, and that Cuba isn\u2019t capable of closing the Florida Straits with drones like Iran has with the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n But, U.S. officials are keeping an eye on the situation given Cuba\u2019s proximity to Florida and because thousands of Cuban veterans of Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine have come home to tell their leaders of the effectiveness of drones on the battlefield.<\/p>\n U.S. officials have learned more about Cuba\u2019s drone program from Venezuela since removing Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from power earlier this year, Axios reported<\/a>. Venezuela was a close ally to the Castro regime, but has since normalized relations with the U.S. following the Jan. 3 operation to arrest Maduro, in which 32 Cuban bodyguards were killed.<\/p>\n Sheriff Ramsay was quick to issue a statement saying he has not been contacted by federal or state authorities regarding the reported development, and that Keys residents and tourists have no reason to be alarmed.<\/p>\n He added that he has not ordered any of his deputies to change their routine as a result of the reported threat.<\/p>\n \u201cI am monitoring the situation, but I have not been contacted by any government agency and I don\u2019t believe there is any reason to be concerned,\u201d Ramsay said. \u201cI am confident I will be notified if anything does change and I will alert the public.\u201d<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the city of Key West said the city hasn\u2019t issued a statement on the issue.<\/p>\n
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