Overview
- Cuba completed two days of official honors for 32 military personnel killed in the Jan. 3 U.S. operation in Venezuela, culminating in a mass demonstration at Havana’s Anti-Imperialist Plaza.
- State media showed more than a dozen wounded Cuban combatants returning from Venezuela, some in wheelchairs, underscoring the scale of the firefight around Maduro’s capture.
- President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Cuba is willing to dialogue with the United States without making political concessions, reiterating a pledge to defend national sovereignty.
- President Donald Trump threatened to halt Venezuelan oil and financing to Cuba and urged Havana to reach an agreement, escalating pressure on the island’s already strained energy supply.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met in Caracas with interim leader Delcy Rodríguez, and sources say Washington and Caracas are advancing steps to reopen their embassies.