# Miguel Díaz‑Canel

Díaz‑Canel Rejects U.S. Pressure After Deaths of Cuban Soldiers in Venezuela, Rally in Havana Signals Defiance

President Miguel Díaz‑Canel presided over a mass rally in Havana to mourn 32 Cuban servicemen killed in a recent U.S. military action in Venezuela, denouncing U.S. coercion and warning that Cuba will defend its sovereignty. The event solidifies Havana’s defiant posture, complicates U.S. policy in Latin America and could prompt deeper alignments between Cuba and other global powers.