"Perez, 62, served twice in Venezuela as part of Cuban medical missions, from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2016. I'm worried because I know many Venezuelans. I have a great affinity with that people because of what I lived through with them, he said. The most important thing is to achieve stability and that President Nicolas Maduro go back to his nation."
"After the US attacked Venezuela and captured its long-serving president on Saturday, allies including Russia and Iran were quick to criticise the strikes as a violation of sovereignty. During a meeting called this Saturday morning, the Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, called the incident an unacceptable, vulgar and barbarian kidnapping. He said the US attack was an act of state terrorism, comparable only to the crimes against humanity committed by Israeli Zionism in the Gaza Strip."
"But for the regime in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida, the attack on Venezuela also evoked more immediate memories. US troops twice occupied Cuba in the 20th century, and after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution the CIA backed a string of attempts to topple the Communist government, including the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961."
US forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, provoking strong reactions across Cuba and allied states. Cuban resident Dr Ifrain Perez, who served in Venezuelan medical missions, expressed concern for Venezuelans and called for stability and Maduro’s return. Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the operation as a kidnapping and labelled it state terrorism, comparing it to alleged crimes in Gaza. Russia and Iran criticised the strikes as a violation of sovereignty. The incident revived Cuban memories of past US occupations and CIA-backed attempts to overthrow the government, including the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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