US EditionCubans rally against US 'imperialists' before Havana embassy
The Cuban government organized the rally to protest U.S. aggression after a raid in Venezuela killed 32 officers and to demand the release of Nicolás Maduro.
- On Jan 16, tens of thousands of Cubans gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers and demand the U.S. release former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
- After the January 3 raid on Venezuela that seized Maduro, a motorcade carrying Cuban-flag-draped urns on January 15 honored 32 Cuban military and intelligence officers killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
- Remains of the slain officers arrived Thursday and are scheduled for burial Friday after memorials across provincial capitals, as participants declared, `This march is a message of our unity. Independence is sacred, and we will defend it tooth and nail if necessary.`
- President Miguel Díaz-Canel led the rally, greeting participants and urging unity with `No one here surrenders`, while President Donald Trump recently warned Cuba to make a deal amid tightened sanctions.
- Analysts say the standoff marks a new low in relations and the first U.S.-Cuban clashes in decades, while combatant marches and tightened sanctions under the Trump administration strain Cuba's economy.
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