The Cuban Government demanded this Saturday the “immediate release” of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores, while blaming the United States “for the deaths, and the human and material damage already caused, and that may result from the aggression.”
“The consequences of this irresponsible act remain to be seen,” according to the statement issued by Havana in reference to Washington’s attack on Caracas that led to the capture of Maduro and his wife this morning.
In this regard, Cuba considered that “the United States government, President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, together with the aggressive elements and enemies of Latin America and the Caribbean that have acquired so much political influence in that country, have absolute responsibility for the deaths, and the human and material damage already caused, and that may result from the aggression.”
Cuba “emphatically” demanded that the US authorities “immediately release” Maduro and Flores.
The Caribbean island considered that it was a “stark imperialist and fascist aggression” whose goal is “the goal of having unrestricted access and control over the natural wealth of Venezuela and the region.”
The declaration, published on the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, called on the international community to prevent “an aggression of this nature and severity against a UN Member State from remaining unpunished.”
“Venezuela is a peaceful country, which has not attacked the United States, nor any nation (…) For that sister nation and for its people, we are willing to give, as for Cuba, even our own blood,” according to the document.
The Cuban Government, a historical ally of Venezuela, also warned that “all nations in the region must be alert, since the threat hangs over all of them. In Cuba, our determination to fight is firm and unwavering.”
Earlier this Saturday, in a massive political event in support of Venezuela, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, called the recent events in the South American country an “act of terrorism” and “an attack on international standards.”
