Tension in the Caribbean reverberates in Havana: Venezuela is crucial for the Cuban political elites'

"When Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced the U.S. State Department and its secretary, the corrupt and compulsive liar Marco Rubio, on X a few days ago, the Cuban-American official didn't waste much time crafting a response. Rubio seized upon the message in which the official condemned the false pretexts used to justify a military invasion of Venezuela, and shared it with what he deemed the most fitting gift for his reply: a clown emoji, thus labeling Cuban diplomacy a farce."

"To the stones thrown from Washington and Havana was added one from Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez, with a much more direct warning, at a time of escalating military activity in the Caribbean. Bruno, be careful, the ship could set sail and come for all of you narco-terrorist henchmen of the murderous dictatorship in Cuba, he warned. He was alluding to the arsenal the United States has deployed off the coast of Venezuela as part of Operation Southern Spear,"

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced the U.S. State Department and Marco Rubio on X, criticizing false pretexts for a military invasion of Venezuela. Marco Rubio replied with a clown emoji, and Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez warned that U.S. forces could target Cuban 'narco-terrorist' henchmen. The United States has deployed a naval arsenal off Venezuela under Operation Southern Spear, reportedly causing more than 80 deaths in anti-drug operations. The USS Gerald R. Ford is positioned in the Atlantic, and Puerto Rico hosts at least 5,000 of nearly 15,000 mobilized troops. The increased military presence has revived Cold War–style tensions in the Caribbean and raised concern in Havana.

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