Wobbling Cuban Regime Suddenly Lacks a Benefactor Without Maduro

Miguel Díaz-Canel and Nicolás Maduro at Miraflores Palace in Caracas in April 2024.Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

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Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela and the Cuban revolution. But even that might not be enough.