Reuters) -Venezuela’s interior minister Diosdado Cabello said late on Wednesday that 100 people died in the U.S. attack which removed President Nicolas Maduro from power on Saturday.
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Caracas have not previously given a number for those killed, but the army posted a list of 23 names of its dead. Venezuelan officials have said a large part of Maduro’s security contingent was killed “in cold blood,” and Cuba has said 32 members of its military and intelligence services in Venezuela were killed.
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Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores, detained alongside him, suffered a head injury during the U.S. raid, Cabello said, and Maduro an injury to his leg.
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who Cabello praised during his weekly show on state television as “courageous”, declared on Tuesday a week of mourning for members of the military killed in the raid.
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Does that figure include the drug smugglers blown up at sea? The capture itself was way more peaceful than anyone could ever predict….100 people not including the cartel boats would most likely be those soldiers at the military airbase locations….Loss of life is never a good thing but it’s what they signed up for…….RIP to all fallen soldiers
The Cuban security team should of known they were gonna get wacked by the Americans but they were serious about doing their job I guess…
Trump have given Rubio more or less what he wants in the form of a scalp
But while Maduro’s ousting marked a win for Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants who has spent his career warning of Latin America’s communist regimes — it has left him with a unique level of public responsibility for what comes next.
It is unclear how much Rubio, who harbours his own presidential ambitions, will be able to control.
The Eastern Caribbean and the Antigua Visa Bonds issue is just collateral damage.
The Trump administration’s main goals now in Venezuela are primarily to gain control over its natural resources, including oil; end official ties to drug traffickers; secure Venezuela’s co-operation in receiving deportees; and end Caracas’s partnerships with US adversaries such as Russia, China and Iran.
Trump has clearly stated he wants China and Russia out of the Western Hemisphere.
Trump zig zagging on Ukraine is one of tge cards he is playing with Russia to get out of the US backyard.
Not only does Trump want Russian and Chinese interest out of Venezuela but the entire Caribbean and LATAM
Trump dismissed the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado — whom Rubio had called among “the bravest people in the world” — as a viable contender to govern Caracas. She is out in the cold for the time being.
If the current acting President Rodriguez plays her cards right and keep Rubio and Trump on her side, she has a chance of winning the next election against Marchado.
This attack give the evidence to the world that the inner circle of Maduro Security was integrated by Cubans. The Foreign Minister of Cuba declare that No a single member of Cuba Army was in Venezuela, they call USA a liar about this topic and challenge USA to provide proof of it. Another High profile diplomatic from Cuba Cuba declare that no Cubans are serving as security personnel in Venezuela, Maduro also declare that all his security members were Venezuelans, “Only doctors from CUba”.
Maduro declare that he doesn’t had Political prisoners’ in the country, Today they start releasing detainees considered political prisoners. Who was the big liar in this trama?
That is how organized crime operates, but then again America is headed by a crim boss and convicted felon.