{"id":302181,"date":"2026-06-10T04:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302181\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:12:07","slug":"secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-to-visit-florida-guantanamo-bay-cuba-as-us-tensions-with-the-island-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302181\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to visit Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as US tensions with the island continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is traveling to Florida Wednesday. During the trip, he plans to visit Tampa and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<\/p>\n

Just last month, the commander of U.S. Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials in a rare meeting on the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military base located in Cuba’s southeast.<\/p>\n

Secretary Hegseth’s trip to Cuba comes as the U.S. continues an oil blockade against the country, and President Donald Trump threatens to oust the nation’s leaders by force.<\/p>\n

Today, Cuba’s top diplomat in the United States, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, is condemning the U.S. sanctions placed on Cuban leaders. Torres Rivera says Cuba is not a threat and that any effort to change Cuba’s government by force or coercion will be met with fierce resistance.<\/p>\n

Secretary Hegseth’s trip to Cuba comes just weeks after the Trump administration indicted 95-year-old Raul Castro for murder in connection with the attack on two Brothers to the Rescue planes that killed four men in 1996.<\/p>\n

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