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United States government He rejected on Tuesday night the possibility of Cuba playing a role in the exit of the Venezuelan crisis. He did it through the Undersecretary of State for Latin America, Michael Kozak, who through a post on his Twitter account indicated: “Cuba is not the solution to the problems of the Venezuelan people; is the problem. If Cuba really wanted to help the Venezuelan people, it would start by removing its torturers and its counter-intelligence agents from the country”
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The statements arrive one day after the president in charge Juan Guaidó said in Canada – within the framework of his international tour and after meeting with the country’s chancellor – that the efforts that that State has had with different countries, “Including Cuba, they are very positive to find a solution and allow a rapid transition” in the Caribbean country. However, he recalled that “right now all they are doing is supporting Maduro.”
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For his part, Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne said: “today in a certain way (Cuba) is supporting Maduro’s regime a bit, but with the proper accompaniment we can make it possible” a change of posture.
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“Our goal remains the restoration of democracy and human rights in Venezuela through early, fair and free elections with international observers,” said the Canadian Foreign Minister, who said that “in the coming weeks ”he will hold meetings with several countries, including Cuba.
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Maduro, meanwhile, has had different gestures aimed at reaffirm the regime’s ties with its Cuban counterpart. The last one took place on January 20, when he proposed that the ambassador to the country, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Become part of the Council of Ministers of the regime.
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This, he said, would be to give official status to a situation that is already happening. “The ambassadors are practically part of the Council of Ministers. The Cuban ambassador here has to be with the doors open in each ministry to coordinate, to advance”, Maduro said in the context of a speech given on the occasion of the meeting of the“ Intergovernmental Commission of the Cuba-Venezuela Integral Cooperation Agreement ”.
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In another passage of his speech, Maduro called “elder and protective brother” the Cuban Raúl Castro and assured that he had agreed with his proposal. This, however, is not the first time that Maduro openly recognizes Cuban interference in the regime. In October 2019 he asked to continue “military cooperation with Cuba and at the intelligence level to strengthen the integral defense capacity of Venezuela, of Cuba“
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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, meanwhile, referred to the link between the two countries on Tuesday by opening a production center for Telesur, the news agency controlled by the Maduro regime.
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As indicated by the presidency of Cuba in a statement, Díaz-Canel said the center represents “a response to the siege and threats that Telesur is currently facing”. The statement seems to refer to the fact that Guaidó weeks ago promised to recover the chain and appointed journalist Leopoldo Castillo as head of the “Telesur restructuring commission”.
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Cuba’s interference in the oil country has been widely documented. Experts and journalists have described the way in which, since Hugo Chávez’s rise to power, the Cuban dictatorship sent thousands of agents to manage the power structures of Caracas: intelligence services, armed forces, health system, economy, are some of the sectors under its influence.
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A 2019 report explains that “the Cuban regime was penetrating the structures of the Venezuelan state thanks to the free door offered by President Chavez and maintained by Nicolás Maduro.” The statement was made by retired General Antonio Rivero, who explains that the first Cubans arrived in Venezuela the first year of Chavez’s presidency in 1999.
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A year later, both dictators would give a legal framework to the exchange of favors. They called it pompously “Integral Agreement of Cooperation Cuba-Venezuela”. And within the framework of the twentieth anniversary of this pact, Maduro exposed his will to deepen the influence.
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