“There are no troops,” a Cuban official claims.
Demonstrators throw bottle bombs at the La Carlota military base in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 30. By Adam Taylor Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow May 2 at 12:39 PM As opposition leader Juan Guaidó failed to ignite a military uprising in Venezuela this week, his allies in Washington placed the blame not only on troop loyalty toward President Nicolás Maduro, but also the alleged presence of Cuban troops in the country.
Accusations of foreign involvement in Venezuela’s crisis are not new from either side. After the failure of the uprising on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that Russian officials had persuaded Maduro to stay put instead of fleeing. Venezuelan officials have accused the United States of backing a “coup” attempt organized by Guaidó.
The ambiguity notwithstanding, President Trump has threatened to impose a full embargo and high-level sanctions on Cuba over the alleged Cuban troop presence in Venezuela. “Hopefully, all Cuban soldiers will promptly and peacefully return to their island!” Trump tweeted Tuesday. Cuba has a long-standing agreement with Venezuela to trade temporary workers for billions of dollars in oil. By most reports, upward of 20,000 Cubans are indeed in Venezuela, but Havana says many of them are doctors and nurses, part of Cuba’s system of exporting its well-trained medical workers all over the world in exchange for cash and other benefits.
Cuban doctors in Venezuela have been accused of using medical care to compel patients to vote for Maduro ahead of last year’s presidential election.
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