As Europeans, we are all in the same boat. Ensuring the security and safety of our own home is an existential necessity.

We cannot delegate our own security to others.

In the criminal attack perpetrated by the United States, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat actions.

They were carrying out missions on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior at the request of counterpart bodies of that country.

Our compatriots honorably fulfilled their duty and fell after fierce resistance in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombings of the facilities.

Through their heroic actions, they upheld the solidarity sentiments of millions of our compatriots.

The U.S. military attack against Venezuela has no justification whatsoever. It does not respond to any provocation, nor does it possess legitimacy.

It is based on the aberrant doctrine of peace through force and undermines the stability and peace that have characterized our Latin American and Caribbean region for years.

It seeks to promote a change in the constitutional order of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, freely chosen by its people.

Its ultimate objective is not the false narrative of combating drug trafficking but control over Venezuela's land and natural resources, as has been openly and shamelessly declared by President Trump and his Secretary of State.

The recent statements about imperialist plans to steer Venezuela toward a supposed safe, appropriate, and prudent transition are totally unacceptable.

In the U.S. vision of domination, this means imposing a puppet government functional to its predatory goals, particularly unrestricted access to and plundering of natural resources that by right belong to the Venezuelan people.

Determining the destiny of Venezuela is an exclusive right of its people without external interference.

If the U.S. government, lacking any moral authority whatsoever, truly cared about the peace, freedom, and justice of Venezuelan men and women, it would not have bombed that territory with absolute disregard for the lives, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of that nation.

I don’t believe in a U.S. invasion of Mexico; I don’t think it’s something they take seriously.

Trump has said that the U.S. military could enter Mexico, but we have said no.

To you, Dad, I tell you, you made all of us in the family strong.

Here we are, doing our part until you return. The motherland is in good hands, Dad.

And soon we'll be hugging each other here in Venezuela. And you'll see the kids, Cilia. You'll see them, Silvia. We'll see each other.

Long live Venezuela! Long live the homeland! And here we stand, ready for whatever we have to do for our country.

This is OUR Hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened.