Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has stated 32 Cuban soldiers who were part of Maduro’s security team were killed during the operation, and declared two days of national mourning. “There is only one president in Venezuela, and his name is Nicolás Maduro Moros,” she said. The U.S. government has also shifted its tone regarding Rodríguez and the rest of the current administration, which until Saturday was under Maduro’s orders. A few hours after capturing the Venezuelan leader, U.S. President Donald Trump said that his country would be “running” Venezuela from now on, although they were working with Rodríguez. “She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” Trump had told the press, something Rodríguez seemingly rejected in her Saturday statement.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 05, 2026 15:05 UTC