Cubans look to Venezuela fearfully after Trump's incursion: We could be next'

"When Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and taken out of Venezuela by U.S. military forces in the early hours of Saturday morning, a group of young Cubans were celebrating a birthday at a house in Havana's Vedado neighborhood. They were sharing music, jokes and drinks when the hostess noticed an alert on her phone. News of the U.S. strike on Caracas, part of the operation to capture the Venezuelan leader, sparked a conversation that dominated the rest of the evening."

"Maduro is a dictator who was illegitimately occupying power, but the United States has no right to carry out a military intervention in any country. It's difficult to take sides in these circumstances: on the one hand, you feel a certain excitement that things will change and that the new scenario will be positive. On the other hand, we know that these kinds of foreign interventions don't end well. The fear of them bombing your city and killing your people becomes terrifying, she reflects."

"Two days after the operation that resulted in Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, being imprisoned in a Brooklyn jail, the Cuban government issued a statement of condolence for the deaths of 32 Cuban military personnel who were part of the Venezuelan president's security detail at the time of his capture, and declared two days of national mourning on the island."

U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife and removed them from Venezuela in an early-morning operation. Young Cubans in Havana reacted with initial disbelief that quickly shifted to fear and conversation about whether Cuba could be targeted next. Partygoers expressed mixed feelings: Maduro was viewed as an illegitimate dictator, yet foreign military intervention raised concerns about bombing and civilian casualties. The Cuban government offered condolences for 32 Cuban military personnel killed while serving on Maduro's security detail and declared two days of national mourning. The Cuban population faces uncertainty about the consequences of Maduro's fall and potential implications for the island.

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