Estimated death toll released for illegal strike in Venezuela

The Socialist Bulletin Staff - 5/1/2026

AT least 80 people were murdered by the United States in their attack on the sovereignty of Venezuela that ended in the kidnapping of President Maduro, the Venezuelan government has confirmed.

The Cuban government has additionally confirmed that 32 of its citizens were murdered in Caracas by the US regime.

These numbers include both civilian casualties, as well as military ones, with 'most' of President Maduro's security detail murdered, according to both the United States regime and the Venezuelan government.

The death toll is expected to increase, as the Venezuelan people continue searching for their dead.

The 32 Cuban citizens murdered, according to the Cuban government, were soldiers and advisors in Venezuela at the request of the Venezuelan government.

The Cuban government has declared two days of national mourning for the murders.

Since the kidnapping of Maduro, Trump has set his sights on other anti-imperialist states in the Americas, chief among them Cuba.

Trump told journalists on Sunday that Cuba is 'ready to fall', despite support for the socialist government in Cuba remaining extremely high.

These deaths were entirely unnecessary, and these murders were carried out solely for the personal enrichment of a certain few already hyper-rich executives.