MADRID (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th January, 2019) Cuba fully supports Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid attempts "to stage coup d'etat" in the Bolivarian republic, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said.
On Wednesday, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the country's interim president. The United States urged Maduro to step down and let Guaido to assume the presidency. Maduro responded that Venezuela was severing diplomatic ties with the United States and giving 72 hours "to all diplomatic and consular staff of the United States to leave the country."
"Firm support and solidarity of Cuba with constitutional President Nicolas Maduro in light of coup attempts," Rodriguez said on Twitter.
