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The Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer issued a strong warning to President Donald Trump following the confirmation of new Russian military supplies being sent to Venezuela.
"Should the United States let its guard down, Russia could even send nuclear warheads to Nicolás Maduro. Let's not forget what happened with Cuba in 1962," Ferrer wrote on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
The opponent recalled that, after the failure of the Bay of Pigs, the weakness shown by John F. Kennedy allowed Fidel Castro to consolidate his dictatorship and facilitated the installation of Soviet missiles on the island.
"If Trump makes the same mistake, the security of the United States would be in greater danger than ever," warned the coordinator of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), who asserted that - if there is no decisiveness - the regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua could become "immense Russian, Chinese, and Iranian aircraft carriers always threatening North America."
Moscow strengthens the chavista arsenal
Ferrer’s words come at a time when the Kremlin confirmed the delivery of Pantsir F-1 and Buk-M2E air defense systems to Caracas, in addition to the 5,000 portable Igla-S missiles already deployed.
Russian officials do not rule out the possibility of soon delivering Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles, the same ones that Moscow uses in Ukraine.
“We are in constant contact with our friends from Venezuela,” stated Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, who referred to “contractual obligations” arising from the strategic agreement signed between Putin and Maduro last May, which includes military cooperation.
Meanwhile, two American B-52 bombers flew over the vicinity of Venezuelan airspace this week in deterrent maneuvers, and the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier continues its movement toward the Caribbean, where over 10,000 American personnel are already operating.
Doubts in Washington and pressure in the Caribbean
Amid the escalation, doubts have emerged within the Trump administration regarding the advisability of attacking Venezuela.
According to leaks to the U.S. press, the leader reportedly expressed his concern about "the political risks of direct intervention."
The head of Southern Command, Admiral Alvin Holsey, may even be considering his resignation due to disagreements with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is calling for a firmer stance.
From Caracas, María Corina Machado supported the U.S. pressure and stated that “the Maduro regime is very weak and in its final phase.”
Meanwhile, Ferrer warned that history could repeat itself: a miscalculation by Washington could turn Venezuela into a new forward base for Moscow in America, just as Cuba was during the Cold War.
“The freedom of the hemisphere is at stake”, concluded the Cuban opposition leader.
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