STORY: Revolutionary Armed Forces Minister Army Corps General Alvaro Lopez Miera oversaw military exercises in the Mayabeque region, about 40 kilometers east of Havana, Cuban state television reported on Friday (May 29).

The drills focused on artillery handling, optical instruments, communications equipment and firing exercises, according to the state TV report.

The exercises come as Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal warned this week that the risk of U.S. military aggression against the island is growing amid stalled talks between the two nations.

Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. has effectively imposed a blockade on Cuba by threatening sanctions on countries supplying it with fuel, triggering power outages and exacerbating its worst crisis in decades.

In the latest escalation in Trump's pressure campaign against Cuba's Communist government, the U.S. formally charged former President Raul Castro with four counts of murder for the 1996 downing of civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles.

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SHOWS: MAYABEQUE, CUBA (MAY 29, 2026) (CUBAN GOVERNMENT TV - Access all)

1. ARMY OFFICERS TAKING PART IN CLASS

2. ARMY OFFICER GIVING PRESENTATION

3. ARMY OFFICERS PLACING SHELL IN ARTILLERY PIECE

4. VARIOUS OF MINISTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES (FAR), ARMY CORPS GENERAL, ALVARO LOPEZ MIERA, SPEAKING TO SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS

5. FAR MINISTER WALKING WITH ARMY OFFICERS

6. ARMY OFFICERS TAKING MEASUREMENTS AT TABLE

7. ARMY OFFICERS SPEAKING ON MILITARY COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

8. ARMY OFFICERS AT ARTILLERY PIECE

9. OFFICERS DURING MILITARY EXERCISE

10. YOUNG ARMY OFFICERS DURING EXERCISE

11. YOUNG ARMY OFFICER USING OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

12. OFFICERS DURING EXERCISE

13. DRONE COMING OUT FROM UNDERGROUND AND FLYING

14. DRONE CONTROL EQUIPMENT

15. FAR MINISTER DURING MILITARY EXERCISE

16. YOUNG ARMY OFFICER USING COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

17. YOUNG ARMY OFFICER WRITING

18. YOUNG ARMY OFFICER USING OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

19. ARMY OFFICERS WATCHING ARTILLERY MANOEUVRE