at the post-match press conference dramatic capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife killed by U.S. military, U.S. President Donald Trump suggestion Cuba may be the next country to bear the brunt of U.S. diplomatic (and potentially military) pressure.
trump card Tell Journalists called Cuba a “failed state” whose “people have suffered for years.” “Cuba will be what we finally talk about,” he promised.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio added: “If I lived in Havana and was in government, I would at least be concerned.”
Rubio also noted that many of Maduro's guards are Cubans, suggesting the island nation's cooperation with the Venezuelan leader could serve as a pretext for any other potential regime-change operations.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel unequivocally condemns U.S. military action in Venezuela, condemn It is “criminal” and “state terrorism against the ferocious Venezuelan people.”
France, Russia, China and the EU also defendant U.S. actions violate international law.
Venezuela has been Cuba's closest regional ally since Maduro's predecessor, leftist revolutionary Hugo Chávez, was elected president in 1998. The alliance helps maintain sick Cuban Economy: Approx. 60% In the first 10 months of 2025, 10% of Cuba's total fuel and crude oil imports came from Venezuela.
Since Trump was re-elected in November 2024, tensions between the United States and Cuba have continued to escalate. Trump administration tightens existing sanctions on Cuba recover The country is included in the list of state sponsors of terrorism, more strictly U.S. tourists banned from traveling to the island nation and business activities restricted exert pressure U.S. allies vote to support long-term U.S. rule economic embargo Against Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly.
Rubio has been particularly outspoken in his criticism of the Cuban regime. accuse Díaz-Canel government acts as “a puppet of communist China, Iran and Iran” […] Russia”.
The American politician himself is Cuban heritageand another Advocacy History Regime change in Venezuela because it weakened the Cuban government.
Alian Collazo, Cuban-American, former Republican candidate for Florida House of Representatives, current executive director cuba freedom march (CFM), with latin america report On the impact of Maduro’s arrest.
Collazo believes that “Maduro's regime is illegitimate” because it does not respect Venezuela's “popular sovereignty” and is willing to overturn elections.
Collazo believes that Maduro's ouster is “positive for freedom in the Americas” and “for Cuba and the cause of a free and democratic Cuba.”
2024 Venezuelan elections, Maduro appointed president widely condemned as fraud.
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Collazo called cooperation between “Cuban intelligence systems” and Venezuelan authorities “key to supporting the Maduro regime.”
according to new york timesMaduro has made extensive use Cuban counterintelligence officers and bodyguards provided him with personal protection until he was captured by U.S. forces.
Maduro forced to step down, Trump administration reduction The Monroe Doctrine – the 19th century US foreign policy that dominated the Western Hemisphere – and the traditional ideological animosity between Cuba and the US mean that Cuba is the most likely target for further US regime change efforts in the region.
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