Overview
- Cuba approved measures to declare a State of War after receiving the bodies of 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the U.S. attack in Venezuela, conducting defense drills and mobilization activities.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a New York Times op‑ed, condemned the January 3 bombings and the capture of Nicolás Maduro as an erosion of international law and said South America is facing its first direct U.S. military attack in over two centuries.
- U.S. pressure on Cuba now includes constraining Venezuelan oil flows, with analysts estimating a loss of roughly 26,000–28,000 barrels per day that deepens the island’s energy crisis despite reduced Mexican supplies.
- The State Department’s “This is our hemisphere” message and allied commentary describe a revived Monroe Doctrine, labeled by some as a Trump-era “Donroe” corollary guiding actions in the region.
- Reporting indicates Washington is pressing Mexico to allow U.S. troops, while the FAA warned airlines of potential military activity and GNSS interference over Mexico, Central America and parts of South America.