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The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) issued an official statement defending the Cuban regime on Tuesday, calling for the establishment of an "immediate common front, political and diplomatic" against the sanctions imposed by the United States on the island.
The document was simultaneously shared by Nicolás Maduro Guerra ("Nicolasito"), son of the Venezuelan ex-president detained in the United States, via his account on the social network X.
The statement, signed in Caracas this Tuesday, specifically denounces the Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump on May 1, 2026, which expanded the economic, financial, and commercial embargo against Cuba and included secondary sanctions against companies, banks, and foreign entities that operate with sanctioned Cuban entities, even if they have no direct ties to the United States.
The PSUV describes that executive order as "a crime of aggression that adds to the energy embargo initiated since January 29 and multiplies the already sufficiently harmful extraterritorial effects of the blockade."
The U.S. pressure on Cuba has steadily intensified in recent months. On January 29, Trump signed Executive Order 14380 declaring Cuba an "unusual and extraordinary threat" and imposing an energy embargo that, according to media reports, reduced Cuba's oil imports by between 80% and 90%.
On May 7, the United States added the Cuban military conglomerate GAESA to its sanctions list. On May 18, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned 11 individuals and three Cuban entities, including the Minister of Communications Mayra Arevich Marín, the Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy, and the Revolutionary National Police.
The PSUV statement also takes the opportunity to thank Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for his support of chavismo following the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
The text states that Díaz-Canel was "the first courageous voice to rise up to condemn the military aggression against Venezuela on January 3 and demand the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores."
Maduro and Flores were captured on January 3, 2026, in a U.S. operation and transported to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
Since then, Nicolasito became one of the few public voices of chavismo. On February 22, the United States demanded Venezuela's extradition, citing him for alleged connections to drug trafficking networks linked to international cartels.
The PSUV warns in its statement that Washington's objective would be to create in Cuba "a forced humanitarian crisis as an excuse to escalate to greater aggression, including the military threat of unpredictable consequences."
The document closes with a declaration of solidarity with the Communist Party of Cuba and concludes: "Cuba is not alone. Now more than ever, it is essential to uphold this principle in protection of the lives of 10 million Cuban brothers and sisters and in defense of the stability, sovereignty, and peace of the entire Latin American and Caribbean region."
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