Na wa o! This Cuba matter don turn family drama wey no wan end. Unu sabi say Cuba don dey vex for America since Castro time, but e be like say this time na serious wahala.
Last week, President Trump don open mouth yarn for Air Force One, dey threaten Cuba say make dem make deal or suffer the consequences after dem catch Maduro for Venezuela. Trump no dey carry last as he promise say no more oil or money go reach Cuba. Zero! You fit imagine say na from oil dem dey survive, and now dem wan cut am? Na serious gbege be that!
Diaz-Canel, wey be Cuba President, don dey show say him get backbone. E talk say, ‘No conversation dey happen with America apart from small matter wey concern migration.’ I mean, dia talk am as if say him no na fear, say dem ready to defend dem homeland to the last drop of blood. Na bold move be that!
But wait oh, things no be like before. Cuba dey face one of dem bad economic crisis wey dem never see in decades. As dem dey struggle, the last source of support from Venezuela don dey waka. Na why Trump dey fit use this chance dey apply pressure. Na so things dey go, one side dey fight for survival, the other dey use threats.
During Cuban missile crisis for 1962, we see how this matter fit affect the whole world. Now, Trump don come back with style wey dem dey talk say na him own time to change the game. Na im talk say Cuba dey ready to fall without Maduro’s oil. Omo, if dia no sort their economic wahala quick, e fit get as e be.
As Trump dey shoot him shot, we fit also remember how him predecessor Obama don try strike peace with Cuba. But for Trump, na the opposite matter. E don push Cuba back to the corner again. Trump go talk say him wan care for Cubans wey don move go America, so na so dem dey run the show. But wetin e go do fit dem? Na question wey many dey ask.
So for this drama, we no go feel sit down and just dey look. We dey watch to see who go carry last. E get as e be for Cuba, everybody dey hustle, and for America too, no be like say all dey okay. This one na matter wey go need serious negotiation and people wey sabi how e dey go for international wahala. Make we dey observe as e dey unfold.
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