Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez has issued a forceful condemnation of what he characterizes as “criminal attacks” by the United States against Venezuela, urgently calling for international intervention. The First Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee made his declaration via social media following reports of armed assaults on multiple Venezuelan cities in the early hours of Saturday.
The Venezuelan government has officially described the coordinated attacks on military and civilian installations across Caracas, Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira states as “grave military aggression.” In response to the offensive, Venezuelan authorities activated national defense protocols and declared a “state of external commotion” before the international community.
President Díaz-Canel emphasized that the attacks represent a brutal assault on Latin America’s established Zone of Peace, characterizing the operations as “state terrorism against the courageous Venezuelan people and against Our America.” This escalation follows weeks of heightened military tension, including the deployment of US naval and air forces to the Caribbean region and the establishment of a blockade against the South American nation.
Senior Cuban officials have unanimously condemned the actions, with National Assembly President Esteban Lazo Hernández and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz joining diplomatic efforts to mobilize international response. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla further denounced the operations as “cowardly acts against a nation that has not attacked the United States or any other country,” asserting the urgent need for global solidarity in defense of regional peace.