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Cuban security forces exit Venezuela as US pressure mounts
At least some Cuban advisers and medical staff remain despite withdrawals triggered by U.S. pressure and economic blockades aimed at ending Havana-Caracas cooperation.
- Cuban security advisers and doctors have been leaving Venezuela as the interim government faces pressure from the US.
- The US has blockaded Venezuela from shipping oil to Cuba, economically strangling the island.
- Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, an ally of Nicolas Maduro, has entrusted her protection to Venezuelan bodyguards instead of Cuban forces.
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After the fall of Nicolás Maduro, the first to leave the ship were the Cuban security and sanitary agents with discreet flights full of passengers at full speed from Caracas to Havana, as recorded in air movements from the control tower of the Simón Bolívar international airport of Maiquetia. The same happens with the forced departure of Cuban personnel in Guatemala, Antigua, Bahamas and Colombia where they try to close the programs of cooperati…
Delcy Rodriguez orders departure of Cuban security as US pressure fractures Caracas-Havana ties: Report
Unlike her predecessor, the deposed Nicolas Maduro, or the late Hugo Chavez — both of whom relied on elite Cuban forces — Interim President Delcy Rodriguez has now entrusted her personal safety to Venezuelan bodyguards
For years, intelligence and defence cooperation was a pillar of the Caracas-Havana link. Cuban advisers have been integrated into various Venezuelan military bodies since the late 2000s, within the framework of a broader agreement that included the shipment of subsidized oil to the island in exchange for professional and security services.
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