Harare, January 4, 2026 - THE Government of Cuba has condemned the United States military aggression against Venezuela and has demanded the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro Moros, declaring its “absolute support and solidarity” with the Bolivarian Republic and its government.
In a statement issued by the Revolutionary Government, Cuba said it “strongly condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the military aggression carried out by the United States against Venezuela”, describing the alleged action as a criminal violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
The statement expressed support for an address by Venezuela’s Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, and endorsed her demand that the United States provide proof of life of President Maduro and Cilia Flores, whom Cuba said are being held by US authorities.
According to ZBC, “Cuba emphatically demands the immediate release by U.S. authorities of President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Comrade Cilia Flores” .
Havana said the alleged aggression represented “a dangerous escalation of the sustained campaign of war waged for years by the United States against that sister nation”, which it said intensified in September 2025 with an aggressive naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea under what it described as false pretexts and unfounded accusations.
The Revolutionary Government accused Washington of pursuing domination and control over Venezuela’s natural resources, saying the action was “a blatant imperialist and fascist aggression with objectives of domination, aimed at reviving U.S. hegemonic ambitions over Our America, rooted in the Monroe Doctrine”.
Cuba said the objectives included unrestricted access to Venezuela’s natural wealth and the intimidation of governments across Latin America and the Caribbean.
“The Government of the United States, President Donald Trump, and his Secretary of State… bear absolute responsibility for the deaths, as well as the human and material damage already caused and any that may result from this aggression,” the statement said.
The Cuban Government warned that the alleged actions undermine regional peace commitments, recalling that in January 2014, Latin American and Caribbean governments unanimously signed the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.
“The international community cannot allow an aggression of this nature and gravity against a UN Member State to go unpunished, nor permit the military abduction of the legitimate and sitting president of a sovereign country without consequences,” the statement said, adding that Venezuela “is a peaceful nation that has not attacked the United States or any other country”.
Zimbabwe's television network also highlighted that reaffirming its alliance with Caracas, Cuba said: “For that sister nation and its people, we are prepared to give, as we would for Cuba, even our own blood.”
The Revolutionary Government called on governments, parliaments, social movements and peoples of the world to condemn what it termed “this act of State terrorism that threatens international peace and security”.
Concluding the statement, Cuba said its resolve remained firm and unchanged: “In Cuba, our determination to struggle is firm and unwavering. The decision is one and only one: Homeland or Death.”