The Cuban ambassador to Colombia, Carlos De Céspedes, signed the Book of Condolences in Bogota for the deaths of Venezuelan and Cuban patriots in Caracas on January 3rd during the U.S. military bombings.
The head of the diplomatic mission visited the Simón Bolívar Cultural Center in this capital, where the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic is collecting expressions of solidarity and support.
On behalf of the Government and people of Cuba, De Céspedes conveyed his deepest condolences to the sister nation.
“The Cuban and Venezuelan blood spilled by imperialist bullets will continue to point the way to victory and a united, sovereign, and independent America, as our founding fathers envisioned, from Bolívar and Martí to Chávez and Fidel,” he wrote.
In his statement, the ambassador also strongly condemned the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flórez, “whom we will accompany until their return to the Homeland of the Liberator,” he emphasized.
De Céspedes was accompanied by other officials from the Cuban diplomatic mission, who also signed the Book of Condolences.
According to Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Peace Diosdado Cabello, the United States’ aggression against that country has caused at least 100 deaths.
In addition to the civilian victims, there were 42 Venezuelan military personnel killed and another 32 Cuban combatants, who were carrying out missions on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart bodies of the Bolivarian nation.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
