Cubans lowered flags before dawn Monday to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela. Venezuelan oil has kept Cuba's economy limping along for years. Many in Cuba were questioning what the US operation will mean for Cuba, Venezuela’s closest ally.
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Keep it simpleBig Tech blocked California data center legislation, leaving only a study requirementWhy ordering takeout or calling the dog walker might lead to a happier relationshipNorcorea lanza misiles balísticos hacia el mar antes de visita del presidente surcoreano a ChinaWorld NewsU.S. President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. Trump said he wanted Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, to provide “total access” to the country. He also commented on the 32 Cuban security officers killed in Venezuela.President Donald Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday that he’s offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico because “the cartels are running Mexico.” He also said he doesn’t think the U.S. will take action in Cuba because “the country is going down.”Cuba has condemned the capture by U.S. forces of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, with the island nation’s president calling it an act of “state terrorism” and a “criminal assault” against South America. The U.S. carried out a lightning military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, capturing Maduro and his wife, and spiriting them out of the country. Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. Cubans attend a rally in Havana, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity with Venezuela after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. Trump said he wanted Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, to provide “total access” to the country. He also commented on the 32 Cuban security officers killed in Venezuela.President Donald Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday that he’s offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico because “the cartels are running Mexico.” He also said he doesn’t think the U.S. will take action in Cuba because “the country is going down.”Cuba has condemned the capture by U.S. forces of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, with the island nation’s president calling it an act of “state terrorism” and a “criminal assault” against South America. The U.S. carried out a lightning military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, capturing Maduro and his wife, and spiriting them out of the country. Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. Cubans attend a rally in Havana, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity with Venezuela after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. Cubans attend a rally in Havana, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity with Venezuela after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. bodyguards, and Venezuela’s petroleum has kept the economically ailing island limping along for years. Cuban authorities over the weekend said the 32 had been killed in the surprise attack but have given no further details. The Trump administration has warned outright that toppling Maduro will help advance another decades-long goal: Dealing a blow to the Cuban government. Severing Cuba from Venezuela could have disastrous consequences for its leaders, who on Saturday called for the international community to stand up to “state terrorism.”Many observers say Cuba, an island of about 10 million people, exerted a remarkable degree of influence over Venezuela, an oil-rich nation with three times as many people. At the same time, Cubans have long been tormented by constant blackouts and shortages of basic foods. And after the attack, they woke to the once-unimaginable possibility of an even grimmer future. “I can’t talk. I have no words,” 75-year-old Berta Luz Sierra Molina said as she sobbed and placed a hand over her face. Even through 63-year-old Regina Mendez is too old to join the Cuban military, she said that “we have to stand strong. ”Maduro’s government was shipping an average of 35,000 barrels of oil daily over the last three months, about a quarter of total demand, said Jorge Piñón, a Cuban energy expert at the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute. “The question to which we don’t have an answer, which is critical: Is the U.S. going to allow Venezuela to continue supplying Cuba with oil?” he said. Piñón noted that Mexico once supplied Cuba with 22,000 barrels of oil a day before it dropped to 7,000 barrels after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Mexico City in August.Ricardo Torres, a Cuban economist at American University in Washington, said that “blackouts have been significant, and that is with Venezuela still sending some oil.”Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Associated Press reporters Milexsy Durán in Havana and Isabel DeBre in Buenos Aires contributed.
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