Cuba launches nationwide campaign backing Maduro’s Venezuela
Cuba has announced a nationwide campaign to collect signatures in support of Venezuela, as both countries reaffirm their political and strategic alliance in the face of mounting US sanctions and regional tensions.
During a meeting in Caracas with Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, Roberto Morales Ojeda — secretary of organisation of Cuba’s Communist Party — pledged Havana’s solidarity and confirmed that “millions of Cubans” would endorse the Cuban government’s recent declaration of support for Venezuela. The campaign is also framed as a broader call to the international community, particularly members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Maduro emphasised the need for joint efforts with global impact, describing Cuba and Venezuela as carrying forward the vision of Simón Bolívar, José Martí, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. “We must elevate our project to a higher level”, he said, urging coordinated action to defend both nations’ positions on the world stage.
The initiative comes as Havana and Caracas deepen their cooperation under agreements signed in 2023 between the Communist Party of Cuba and Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party. Morales Ojeda also held talks with Jorge Rodríguez, head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, and Rander Peña, executive secretary of ALBA, stressing the importance of legislative, political and regional coordination to counter what both governments describe as “imperialist aggression”.
Despite Cuba’s worsening economic crisis under tightened US sanctions, Morales Ojeda said solidarity with Venezuela remains a priority: “We share not what we have left over, but what we have”.
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