UNITED STATES - US President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 3, said that Washington had no plans to carry out military operations against Cuba after the operation in Venezuela.
He judged Cuba as a "failing state" with a political and economic system that he said was not working well for its people.
In an interview with the daily The New York Post, Trump responded to the possibility of military action against Cuba by stressing that such a move was not included in the current plan.
He explained that Cuba was facing serious challenges, and the system implemented so far had not yielded the expected results.
According to Trump, this condition makes Cuba a subject of discussion in the future, but not in the context of military operations.
Trump's statement comes amid growing international scrutiny of US foreign policy in Latin America, following Washington's operations in Venezuela, which triggered mixed reactions from regional countries as well as the global community.
On Saturday, President Trump announced that the US had launched a major attack on Venezuela, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been arrested and taken abroad.
Local media reported a number of explosions in Caracas, claiming that the operation was carried out by members of the elite Delta Force unit.
Responding to the incident, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the US attack.
Meanwhile, the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, emphasized that President Nicolas Maduro remains the only leader of the country.
"There is only one president in this country, his name is Nicolas Maduro Moros," Rodriguez said at a meeting of the Defense Council following the US operation against Venezuela.
Rodriguez also warned that what happened in Venezuela could happen to other countries in the region.
"We ask the countries in the Great Homeland to unite. What is done against Venezuela today can happen to any country in the region. The use of this force can be directed at any country," he said.
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