True or False: The 32 Cuban personnel killed on January 3, 2026 were tourists who happened to be in Venezuela.

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False. The 32 Cubans killed were members of Cuba's armed forces and intelligence services performing missions on behalf of the Cuban Armed Forces and interior ministry at Venezuela's request. The state-run Prensa Latina agency said these "fighters" were "carrying out missions" for Cuba's military and "fell in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of bombing" while offering "fierce resistance." These were Cuban security forces protecting Maduro's regime as part of the decades-old oil-for-services barter deal. Their presence and deaths revealed how deeply Cuba was militarily invested in propping up Maduro—and how that investment turned deadly when US forces came for him.

True or False: The 32 Cuban personnel killed on January 3, 2026 were tourists who happened to be in Venezuela.

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