Cuban President Condemns US Attack On Venezuela

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the attack on Venezuela as criminal and warned that Latin America is not the “backyard” where the United States does as it pleases, the Associated Press reports.

“Its attack on Venezuela shatters the stability that has characterized our region for years,” the president said during a rally that drew thousands of people in Havana. “The attack in the early morning hours against a peaceful and noble people can only be described as cowardly, criminal, and treacherous.” He also demanded proof of life for Maduro.

According to the Cuban leader, the attack is not intended to end drug trafficking — for which no evidence implicating Maduro was presented — but rather to seize Venezuela’s oil and natural resources through an act of “state terrorism,” which he likened to the Israeli attack on Gaza.

The rally in Havana took place at the so-called Anti-Imperialist Tribune, located across from the U.S. Embassy.