An official statement noted that “Cuban collaborators who were injured during the recent acts of violence against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros, his wife, lawmaker Cilia Flores, and the people of that sister nation arrived in Cuban soil,” accompanied by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.

A high-level commission led by members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) welcomed the internationalists at the airport.

The text states, “The people and the leadership of the Revolution conveyed to all of them the recognition of their courage in the face of imperialist actions.”

Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) Minister, Army Corps Generals Alvaro Lopez Miera, and Interior Minister Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, “conveyed to them the greetings, recognition, and affection of the entire nation for their courage and fortitude in the face of imperialist aggression and for refusing to be defeated by threats,” the statement adds.

The return of these compatriots represents the unity between both nations, built on the example of Commander Hugo Chavez and the Historical Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, and forged in the struggle for peace, sovereignty, and the dignity of Our America, the statement underscored.

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