Friday, February 8, 2019

U.S. Military: The Cuban Military Is Now Protecting Venezuelan President Maduro

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a military exercise in Valencia, Venezuela January 27, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

FOX News: Cuban guards surrounding Venezuela's Maduro, US military commander says

Venezuela’s disputed and embattled president, Nicolas Maduro, is so fearful of his own people that he has called on Cuban guards to serve as his security detail, a top U.S. military official said.

Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that Maduro, fearing for his own safety, has “completely surround[ed]” himself with Cuban security. “I think it’s a good sense of where the loyalty of the Venezuelan people are, that his immediate security force is made up of Cubans,” Faller told the committee.

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WNU Editor: My one source in Caracas has been telling me since last year that the security forces that surround the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas are mainly Cuban .... Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Begins His Second Term As The Country Goes Into A Meltdown (January 9, 2019).

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