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The chancellor of the Cuban regime Bruno Rodríguez Parilla met this Monday with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil and expressed his willingness to continue cooperation between the two countries.
"During the High-Level Segment of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, I exchanged ideas with my esteemed friend Yvan Gil, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. We highlighted the historical solidarity and cooperation between our two countries and our willingness to continue them," he said on X.
The meeting between the two diplomats occurs, beyond the apparent rhetorical continuity, at a time of transformation in the bilateral relationship.
This weekend, the Reuters agency reported on the progressive withdrawal of Cuban advisors and security forces from Venezuela, which suggests a potential dismantling of a military and intelligence control structure that Havana helped design since 2008 to protect chavismo against internal conspiracies and military fractures.
The withdrawal, confirmed by Reuters, takes on greater significance when contrasted with years of official denials from the Cuban regime regarding its direct involvement in security and repression efforts in the South American country.
According to the report, Cuban advisors have been removed from key positions within the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), the agency noted for its central role in the surveillance, persecution, and imprisonment of officials suspected of disloyalty.
Additionally, interim president Delcy Rodríguez would have replaced Cuban bodyguards with Venezuelan ones, breaking with the practice established by Hugo Chávez and maintained by Nicolás Maduro, who entrusted their personal security to elite forces sent from Havana.
The immediate trigger was the U.S. military operation on January 3 that resulted in the capture of Maduro and left 32 Cuban personnel dead.
Havana confirmed the casualties and referred to them as “internationalist heroes,” a recognition that contrasted with years of categorical denials regarding the presence of Cuban military personnel in Venezuela.
Rodríguez spoke this Monday before the UN Human Rights Council, denouncing what he called a "dictatorship" of global power exercised by Washington and accused the United States of imposing an international order based on "plunder as an exceptional and supreme right."
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