Cuban soldier wounded in the capture of Maduro says they will continue fighting "with the same bravery as in Venezuela."

A young Cuban soldier injured during the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela declared to the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel that he and his comrades "will continue to fight with the same bravery they showed in Venezuela."

The statement was made during a meeting that the Cuban leader held with over a hundred prominent young people from various sectors of society, as reported by the official account of the Presidency of Cuba on the social network X.

In the images of the meeting, young individuals can be seen wearing olive green military uniforms alongside civilians, in a formal setting with a Cuban flag in the background, who are supposedly part of the Cuban troops involved in the American operation that captured Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, in Caracas.

The Cuban regime uses these testimonies as a tool for political mobilization, even before youth audiences, in a context of rising tension with Washington. That same day, President Trump declared that Cuba is next, in a speech about the military successes of the United States.

The operation "Absolute Resolve", carried out by a Delta Force unit with approximately 200 soldiers and 150 aircraft, resulted in 32 Cuban soldiers dead and several injured, including Colonel Pedro Yadín Domínguez.

Domínguez stated on Canal Caribe, Cuba's state television, that he and his colleagues were fulfilling a mission to support Maduro's presidential security with limited weaponry and were resting at the time of the assault.

Described the attack as "completely disproportionate", with planes, bombs, drones, and helicopters strafing the area, killing 11 of his comrades.

Another survivor, the soldier Yohandris Varona Torres, originally from Vertientes, Camagüey, recounted to the newspaper Adelante how he collected the bodies of his 32 fallen comrades without external support, preserving them in his room so as not to leave them in Venezuela.

"I saw them all fall, and I carried them all", stated Varona Torres, who added: "I can't explain the pain, but at least no one was left behind in Venezuela."

The regime received the wounded soldiers on January 15 in Havana and declared two days of national mourning.

In February, four survivors from the Personal Security Directorate were showcased, praising their "courage" in the face of enemy superiority. Díaz-Canel described the U.S. operation as "state terrorism" and called for anti-imperialist rallies in Havana.