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Cuba Receives Bodies of 32 Soldiers Killed in Venezuela With State Honors

The government is using the mourning period to project unity, staging a protest at the U.S. embassy.

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Overview

  • The 32 coffins arrived at José Martí International Airport for a formal reception with families, followed by a public cortege to the Revolutionary Armed Forces ministry along Avenida Rancho Boyeros.
  • Raúl Castro and President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended in military dress as authorities declared two days of homage with state funerals.
  • Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez praised the personnel as having “fought to the last bullet” while carrying out their mission.
  • Cuba released the names and ranks of the dead, aged 26 to 60, who had been deployed to reinforce Nicolás Maduro’s personal security in Venezuela.
  • Cuban statements reported by state media and ISTOÉ attribute the deaths to U.S. forces during Maduro’s capture, a claim not independently confirmed, and officials announced a protest at the U.S. embassy on Friday.