Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel defended his country's military preparedness exercises on Saturday as a deterrent against potential aggression from the United States.Diaz-Canel on Saturday supervised military exercises that included a tank unit from Cuba's armed forces.
That’s interesting, I never see the USA being asked to defend it’s military drills in and around the South China Sea. They normally invoke the un treaty on international waters, which the usa has not signed or ratified
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea#Parties