UN General Assembly
2019

The most recent excuse, reiterated on Tuesday right here in this Hall by President Donald Trump of the United States (see A/74/PV.3), blames Cuba for the failed plan to overthrow the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by force. With the aim of denigrating the feats of the Venezuelan people, the Yankee spokespersons repeat over and over again the vulgar slander that our country has between 20,000 to 25,000 troops in Venezuela and that Cuban imperialism controls it. Just few minutes earlier on the same day, from this rostrum, the President of Brazil read a script of false allegations drafted in Washington, which increased that shameless figure to around 60,000 Cuban troops in Venezuela (see A/74/PV.3).