Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a speech as he flutters a Venezuelan nationwide flag in assist of Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro in Havana on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured him. President Donald Trump mentioned Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuela’s chief Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and different cities in a dramatic climax to a months-long standoff between Trump and his Venezuelan arch-foe. (Photograph by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP through Getty Photos)
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Cuba introduced on Monday that 32 of its residents have been killed in fight through the U.S. raid on Venezuela.
The raid on Saturday, which noticed U.S. forces arrest and extract Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to New York, reportedly noticed a big a part of his safety group killed.
The Cubans have been performing missions on behalf of the Cuban Armed Forces and inside ministry, the nation’s presidential workplace mentioned on Fb.
“Devoted to their tasks with safety and protection, our compatriots fulfilled their obligation with dignity and heroically and fell, after ferocious resistance, into direct fight in opposition to the attackers or because of the bombings of the amenities,” the assertion mentioned, based on a translation by Fb.
Cuba additionally known as the U.S. strikes a “felony act of aggression and state terrorism,” and mentioned the Cuban authorities pays tribute to the useless.
The U.S. strikes got here after weeks of army buildup within the area and threats by U.S. President Donald Trump in opposition to Maduro.
After the raid, Trump mentioned that the U.S. was going to “run” Venezuela, “till such time as we are able to do a secure, correct and considered transition.”
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned the U.S. will use leverage gained from its oil blockade on the nation and regional army buildup to realize its coverage goals.
“We wish Venezuela to maneuver in a sure course,” Rubio instructed NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.
Seperately, Rubio mentioned on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” that because the U.S. has a “quaratine” on Venezuelan oil.
“Meaning their economic system won’t be able to maneuver ahead till the situations which are within the nationwide curiosity of the US and the pursuits of the Venezuelan individuals are met, and that is what we intend to do,” he added.
The U.S. in latest months has seized tankers related to the nation and moved army ships and warplanes into the Caribbean.
— CNBC’s Garrett Downs contributed to this report.
