"If we need to die, we'll die, because as our national anthem says, 'dying for the homeland is to live.'"
With that line, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel used an already tense NBC interview into a warning, express a nationalist message aligned with classic revolution slogans, and deliver a rebuttal to Washington all at once. Speaking on NBC News' Meet the Press, Díaz-Canel said Cuba would resist any US attempt to attack the island or force him from power, arguing that there would be "no justification" for "military aggression," a "surgical operation" or even "the kidnapping of a president."
