President Donald Trump's special envoy for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, warned that Venezuelans and Cubans should prepare for "short-term pain" as the administration gears up to intensity pressure on Caracas and Havana.
Speaking at an event at Miami-Dade College, Claver-Carone reiterated the claim that the Nicolas Maduro regime is sending Tren de Aragua gang members to the country along with other migrants. He claimed that Maduro is mirroring a strategy used by Fidel Castro, when he freed Cubans from prison and sent them to the U.S. as part of the tens of thousands who arrived in Florida as part of the Mariel boatlift.
