After the deaths of the two men, it was Nicolás Maduro - trained and instructed in Cuba - who became Chávez's handpicked successor, chosen partly because he was acceptable to the Castro brothers. He represented continuity for the Cuban revolution as much as the Venezuelan one.

The U.S. striking Venezuela and capturing its leader has practical implications for China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, and it also sends messages to each nation.

For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked a simple, if disconcerting, question: “Are we next?”

Cuba confirms 32 intelligence personnel killed in U.S. operation that seized Maduro, exposing extensive Cuban involvement in Venezuela's military systems.

US President Donald Trump threatens Mexico and says Cuban regime will fall after capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

The president also reiterated aggressive comments toward Colombia’s leader, who denigrated the Trump administration as a "clan of pedophiles."

President Donald Trump certainly sounded like he was putting Mexico on notice on Sunday as he talked to reporters about the aftermath of capturing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Cuba said the troops died as "victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism...carried out by the United States."

A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland.

For decades, Cuban intelligence agents were Cold War stars, dismantling plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, recruiting senior U.S. government officials and protecting heads of state from Angola to Panama.