{"id":23553,"date":"2026-02-10T08:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/cuba-venezuela-decry-intensifying-us-pressure\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:20","slug":"cuba-venezuela-decry-intensifying-us-pressure","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cuba-venezuela-decry-intensifying-us-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba, Venezuela decry intensifying US pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Ambassadors\u00a0of Cuba and Venezuela, respectively, say now more than ever solidarity is needed as aggression against the two countries have intensified under the leadership of United States (US) President, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries were speaking at a gathering in SA&#8217;s Cape Town, Western Cape Province, hosted by the Friends of Cuba Society.<\/p>\n<p>The US led economic embargo against Cuba, and the January abduction of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, among others, came under the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to\u00a0SA Fakri Rodr\u00edguez Pinelo, says since Trump&#8217;s\u00a0Presidency\u00a0began, there has been more severe pressure on the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Venezuelan\u00a0Ambassador\u00a0Carlos Feo Acevedo, joining the gathering online, says the aggression from the US, under Trump&#8217;s leadership, is driven by the desire to take control of the country&#8217;s oil.<\/p>\n<p>The abduction of Maduro on January 3, is just one of a number of targeted actions, according to the\u00a0Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekG5CTF5CbQ?si=w-oIXsd62aa1v0V2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23554,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-23553","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Cuba and Venezuela raise concern on US\u2019s aggression","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26482,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23553\/revisions\/26482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}