The Cuban government denied sending computer personnel to Venezuela to support the presidential election in that country, which is labeled as a fraud by the ruling Nicolás Maduro.
"It is absolutely false that specialists in computer science or another area would have traveled from Cuba to Venezuela with the purpose of altering the results of the presidential elections in that country," states a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba (MINREX).
The Cuban Foreign Ministry describes it as a "groundless and fabricated accusation" by Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos (2002-2010) and that "it is not supported by evidence, because such evidence does not exist."
Regarding Santos, the MINREX states that he is an official "known for his active participation in campaigns of disinformation and for his involvement in various political scandals."
They also cite that “in December 2021, he invented that the commander of a Colombian guerrilla armed group, Iván Márquez, would be in Cuba, which was emphatically denied by reality.”
The Cuban Ministry concludes that "the politically motivated construction of a matrix of lies that attributes to Cuba responsibilities for the results achieved by the contenders in the elections in Venezuela is accepted as a truth by those who traditionally participate in the campaigns of distortions" about the country.
Santos, who was vice president during the two presidential terms of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Ambassador of Colombia to the United States from 2018 to 2021 during Iván Duque's government, spoke this week with the magazine Semana, where he stated that "democracy in Latin America is in jeopardy."
"Because Venezuela, with Maduro, is Cuba on steroids. Cuba sponsored guerrilla groups, financed guerrilla groups, funded drug trafficking, and lived off drug trafficking. Venezuela is Cuba to the N. That means democracy in Latin America is in tremendous danger," he stated.
Regarding the accusations of the Cuban government's intervention in the elections that declared Nicolás Maduro the winner in Venezuela and the subsequent expressions of discontent from the Venezuelan people that resulted in protests, the MINREX stated last week that there was no movement of people or documentation to Caracas.
"The Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 31, 2024, denounced that the Venezuelan people face media and political manipulation alongside imperialist harassment, external interference, and the opportunistic onslaught of the oligarchies and their representatives," states the MINREX in a statement; and refers to a note issued earlier where they reaffirm their alignment and recognize Maduro's proclamation for a third presidential term (2025-2031).
The Cuban government is one of the few that recognizes the electoral results in Venezuela, and has even congratulated Maduro for his questioned proclamation as the winner.
He has done it alongside allied countries of the Venezuelan regime, including Russia, China, Iran, Nicaragua, among others. Politicians, non-governmental organizations, and electoral observers have reported multiple irregularities in the elections.
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