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Sandor Zsiros

Is Havana next? After Maduro's removal, Cuba loses an ally and fears economic disaster

Over the weekend, Cuban authorities announced that 32 Cuban nationals had been killed in the US's raid on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They were serving as bodyguards to President Nicolás Maduro in the military compound from which US special forces seized him.

Besides Venezuela itself, Cuba has been hit harder than any other country by Maduro's removal. Havana lost a key political ally and a pillar of its already troubled economy, and statements from the Trump administration in the raid's aftermath made it clear that along with Colombia and Greenland, the US could soon target Cuba as well.

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