The Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer, coordinator of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), issued a strong message to the Cuban leaders Raúl Castro and Miguel Díaz-Canel this Saturday, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela by U.S. forces.
In a message posted on his X account (formerly Twitter), Ferrer stated that the arrest of the Venezuelan ruler and the fall of the Chavista regime mark "the end of Havana's allies" in the region.
“It is the end for his allies: Nicolás Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Vladimir Padrino, and other leaders of that criminal tyranny,” he wrote.
The opposition figure stated that Cuba is the "main head" of communism in Latin America and warned Cuban leaders that "they have very little time left."
In a challenging tone, Ferrer added: “They will come for you too. Fly quickly to Moscow. It may be too late later. Let the Cuban people take charge of their destiny. To the plane!”, clearly referring to a possible international intervention or the collapse of the Cuban regime.
The message from the activist, who has been imprisoned multiple times by the Cuban government, sparked significant reactions on social media and among the exile community in Miami, where several opposition leaders agree that Maduro's downfall represents a historic blow to Castroism.
Ferrer, one of the most prominent voices within the Cuban dissidence, has been denouncing for years that Havana controls the power structure in Venezuela and that the survival of both regimes relies on their political, military, and economic cooperation.
With the collapse of chavismo, the Cuban opposition perceives a regional domino effect that could put an end to the Cuba-Venezuela-Nicaragua axis, a symbol of continental authoritarianism in the 21st century.
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