Cuban President Díaz-Canel expressed his full support for the Venezuelan government after the US intervention that captured Nicolás Maduro and killed dozens of people, including Cuban soldiers. According to him, the allied relations between the two countries are still strong.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, in an interview with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, expressed support for Caracas after the United States detained former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. It was reported by the AFP agency.
“I expressed our support and solidarity,” Díaz-Canel wrote on Platform X about his conversation with Rodríguez. In the post, he also confirmed interest in continuing to strengthen “historic relations of brotherhood and cooperation” with Caracas.
US intervention in Venezuela
Venezuela’s interim president took over as head of state after a US military operation on January 3, when US special forces captured Maduro and his wife and took them to trial in New York. Dozens of people died during the action in Venezuela, including 32 Cuban soldiers, some of whom were part of Maduro’s bodyguards.
Díaz-Canel condemned Washington’s operation and called the capture of Maduro and his wife a kidnapping.
Historic alliance between Cuba and Venezuela
AFP added that Venezuela has been a longtime ally of Cuba, providing it with money and cheap oil in exchange for sending Cuban doctors, sports coaches and other experts who worked in Venezuela.
