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Cuba identifies 32 military personnel killed in US operation against Maduro regime in Venezuela
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Joseph Hernandez, a Cuban immigrant and N.Y. comptroller candidate, shares his family’s experience fleeing communist Cuba and discusses the country’s uncertain future after Maduro’s capture, emphasizing its oil dependency on Venezuela.
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Cuba’s official mouthpiece for its ruling communist party confirmed Tuesday that 32 members of its armed forces were killed during the U.S. military operation to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
The 32 military and police officers were part of a mission carried out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a government statement. On Tuesday, Cuba released their names, ranks and ages.
«Victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism perpetrated against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the United States, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat actions and after fierce resistance,» a statement published by Granma, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
«They were carrying out missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart bodies in the South American country.»
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Cubans hold a Venezuelan national flag with a Cuban one during a gathering in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Havana Jan. 3 after U.S. forces captured him. (Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images)
Cuba announced two days of mourning.
Among the deceased were colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains and some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60, The Associated Press reported.
They belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, Cuba’s two main security agencies. The publication did not specify their missions or disclose how they died.
In a post on X. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said Cubans were «prepared to give their lives» against any U.S. intervention.
«The U.S. president, showing absolute ignorance about Cuba and repeating the agenda of lies of Cuban-American politicians and other groups of interest, is blaspheming and threatening our people,» Rodríguez wrote. «Our valiant people, true to their history of struggle, will defend their nation against any imperialist aggression.
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Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-staff at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. embassy in Havana Monday in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela, during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
«In his words, with all intention, he omits any reference to his criminal policy of economic suffocation and warfare, which has been further tightened, against Cuba, which causes harm and desperation to Cuban families,» he added, seeming to refer to President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration has said Cuban officials were part of Maduro’s security detail. Cuba and Venezuela have grown close in recent years, with Cuban agents becoming a big presence in the South American nation.
«You know, a lot of Cubans were killed yesterday,» President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday night. «There was a lot of death on the other side. No death on our side.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a fierce critic of Cuba’s communist government, said Venezuela’s spy agency was «basically full of Cubans.»
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a rally in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity with Venezuela after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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«One of the biggest problems Venezuelans have is they have to declare independence from Cuba,» he said during a news conference in which officials revealed details of the military operation to capture Maduro and his wife. «They tried to basically colonize it from a security standpoint.»
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A trio of progressive Democrats backed by members of «The Squad» suffered blistering rebukes on Tuesday as Illinois voters rejected them in favor of more moderate candidates, prompting questions from onlookers about whether the party’s core, and momentum, should be entrusted to the far-left wing of its base.
To James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist, the answer has been «no» for a long time. Talking to Fox News Digital in response to several progressive candidates losing in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in deep blue Illinois, he questioned the narrative that Squad-aligned progressives are gaining momentum.
«What momentum? About 15% of the Democratic Party identifies themselves as progressive. And what’s unique, they win about 15% in the primaries at most,» Carville said. «This was something I’ve dealt with all my life.»
«In New York, [Zohran] Mamdami got 50.5% — which is not overwhelming. That’s hardly the basis for some national movement,» Carville said, referring to the socialist mayor of New York City.
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Progressive candidates in the Illinois primary were largely unsuccessful against more moderate candidates. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The progressive losses all came despite high-profile support from some of the most progressive figures in Congress.
Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old Palestinian American running on an anti-establishment platform and promises to implement a «wealth tax,» attracted support from the likes of Rep. Rashida Talib, D-Mich., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, but lost on Tuesday.
Defeated technology entrepreneur Junaid Ahmed told voters he would push for the self-determination of Gaza and implement healthcare for all, earning the support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
And Robert Peters, a state senator who raised $1.1 million on his track record of helping to end cash bail and raising the minimum wage at the state level, garnered backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt, and Warren, but lost his bid for Congress to Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller.
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Between them, they raised $5.7 million.
Anthony Driver Jr., widely regarded as a progressive candidate in Illinois’ 7th District Democratic primary, lost to the more moderate, establishment-aligned Democrat, La Shawn Ford.
Driver was endorsed by Jayapal and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Liam Kerr, co-founder of the Welcome PAC, a group that supports moderate Democrats, believes their losses should give the party a clear takeaway.
«Illinois is just the latest reminder that the noise machine around far-left candidates rarely translates into actual votes,» Kerr said.
«There’s a real hunger in this party to win, and the candidates who keep losing are the ones more focused on ideological performance than tried and true economic concerns. The blueprint is simple: ditch the clout-chasing ideologues and invest in hard-working candidates who know their communities.»
Kerr’s framing was echoed by Jim Kessler, vice president of policy at Third Way, a Democrat think tank focused on moderate platforms.
«Illinois delivered a cold shower to the progressive fringe in the Democratic Party. Every winner was a mainstream Democrat. A lesson Democrats always have to relearn is that mainstream beats extreme,» Kessler said.
But to other onlookers, the results aren’t so definitive. Even as figures like Carville argue far-left policies aren’t a recipe for national success, others see the Illinois losses as far less decisive for progressives than critics suggest.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, center, speaks in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Michael Ceraso, a veteran of the 2016 Sanders presidential campaign, pointed out that some of Tuesday’s winners can’t be swept neatly into the «moderate» camp. He doesn’t believe progressives really even lost the night at all.
«Daniel Biss is a progressive. The dude pushed climate and building regulations in Evanston,» Ceraso said, referring to the winner for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District — the candidate that beat out Abughazaleh.
Ceraso also noted that several candidates backed by Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker won out.
«The Illinois governor is a progressive. He backed [Juliana] Stratton,» Ceraso said, referring to the lieutenant governor and Senate candidate who won the Democratic nomination in a high-profile, competitive, contentious, and expensive primary showdown.
«[They] increased the minimum wage, ended the sub-minimum wage for disabled people and protected reproductive care. That’s what progress means: moving toward a goal that lifts others, not protecting the status quo.»
Still, other voices, like that of Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, noted that outside groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) had focused their attention on defeating the most progressive voices in the election.
«The real debate inside the Democratic Party is not whether progressive economic policies appeal to voters,» Green argued.
«It is whether candidates who genuinely believe in those ideas can compete against industries willing to spend millions to co-opt that message in support of candidates who will never actually challenge power,» Green said.
Having now cleared the primaries, Illinois will hold its general elections on Nov. 3.
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Qué leer gratis: cómo vivir sin ansiedad, los “desamores breves” y el pionero argentino de la ciencia ficción
Algunos creen que no hay salida, que desde que apareció el celular ya no se puede sacar la cara de la pantalla. Una salida posible es el libro: tirarse a leer a la sombra de sauce una buena historia atrapante. Pero quizás el problema no sea el soporte sino el contenido. ¿Y si en vez de estar scrolleando eternamente en las redes sociales nos sentamos a leer, en el mismo celular, un buen cuento, una novela, un ensayo, algo que nos lleve de paseo por otra vida, otro mundo, otra sensibilidad?
A continuación, tres libros que se pueden leer gratis en Bajalibros.
Las fuerzas extrañas, de Leopoldo Lugones
Las fuerzas extrañas, de Leopoldo Lugones, publicado en 1906, es un libro fundamental porque marca el nacimiento de la ciencia ficción y la fantasía en la literatura argentina. Aunque en su momento fue poco comprendido y no tuvo éxito comercial, la colección de cuentos imaginó experimentos y avances científicos que, décadas después, la propia ciencia acabaría confirmando. Lugones explora el conocimiento humano y la curiosidad científica en relatos que mezclan el asombro, la tragedia y el humor, anticipando temas que hoy atraviesan el género.
La importancia del libro reside en su capacidad para mostrar cómo la literatura puede ser un laboratorio de ideas y una puerta a futuros posibles. Cada cuento de Las fuerzas extrañas se convierte en una reflexión sobre los límites de la ciencia, la ética y la imaginación, invitando al lector a cuestionar la realidad y a considerar el impacto del progreso sobre la condición humana. Obras como “La fuerza omega”, “La metamúsica” o “Yzur” se adelantaron a debates contemporáneos sobre inteligencia artificial, la relación con los animales y los riesgos del conocimiento sin control.
Para un lector actual, Las fuerzas extrañas no es solo una curiosidad histórica: es una obra que sigue vigente porque plantea preguntas esenciales sobre el sentido del avance científico y el papel de la ficción como herramienta para pensar el presente y el futuro. Leer a Lugones hoy es reconocer la potencia de la literatura para anticipar y provocar cambios en la forma en que comprendemos el mundo.
(Des)Amores breves de Carolina Balbiani
Carolina Balbiani es periodista de Infobae. Los lectores la conocen. Escribe historias de amor y muerte con una intensidad impactante. Publicó varios libros. Uno de ellos se titula (Des)Amores breves, cuentos en el que hace foco en los efectos que el amor desbordante provoca en ciertas personas que no están preparadas para romper la vida cotidiana. Cuando el encanto de la pasión se vuelve un hechizo maldito.
“Son historias que nacen de historias que escuché y todas terminaban mal. Los finales felices son un poco bobos, me parece. Es un prejuicio mío, es totalmente arbitrario. Pero cuando me protestan por los finales, yo digo que si el día es lindo y está todo bien, no hay historia. Hay una idealización del amor fogoso, pero después decanta la vida. Y la vida es mucho más que la pasión. Intenté poner esas cosas que uno piensa y no dice. Como cuando hay gente que piensa que mejor no hubiera tenido un embarazo, o un romance, o una historia, pero no lo dice porque es políticamente incorrecto. Me gusta que el personaje pueda expresarse”, dijo la autora en una entrevista para Infobae con Patricia Zunini.
60 maneras de vivir sin ansiedad
En tiempos de mucho celular y la imposibilidad de una pausa reflexiva, viene muy bien la lectura. La lectura en general. Pero en particular, un libro: 60 maneras de vivir sin ansiedad. Técnicas sencillas, explicaciones dinámicas y buenas ideas para replantearse la vida cotidiana son algunas de las propuestas de este texto que se puede leer como una especie de guía para el bienestar personal.
Cómo dejar de ser perfeccionista cómo mejorar la organización cotidiana para ganar en armonía y bienestar o de qué manera alejar los pensamientos negativos y reducir la velocidad vertiginosa a la que vivimos figuran entre los temas centrales que ofrecemos aquí. Además los lectores encontrarán técnicas saludables para aliviar las tensiones del cuerpo y de la mente. Meditación, tai chi chuan, recetas naturales, relajación, masajes y mucho más.
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