STORY: Former Cuban President Raul Castro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday (January 15) presided a last guard of honor in Havana honoring 32 Cuban soldiers killed during a U.S. military operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early January.

Senior officials, including Interior Minister Lazaro Alvarez Casas and Armed Forces Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera, at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) also participated in the tribute to the fallen soldiers.

The soldiers were killed in combat during the U.S. attack on Venezuela, which lead to the stunning capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.

The remains of the soldiers, members of Cuba's armed forces and intelligence agencies, arrived early on Thursday at Havana's international airport, in caskets draped in the Cuban flag.

A motorcade later transferred the bodies to the Armed Forces Ministry along one of the capital's main boulevards, lined by thousands paying their respects, waving flags and saluting.

The tribute will end on Friday (January 16) with a funeral at the "Fallen in Defense" pantheons in the victims' respective cities.

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VIDEO SHOWS: FORMER CUBAN PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO AND PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL STANDING GUARD OF HONOR NEXT TO THE REMAINS OF CUBAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN U.S. ATTACK IN VENEZUELA

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SHOWS: HAVANA, CUBA (JANUARY 15, 2026) (CUBAN GOVERNMENT TV – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF FORMER CUBAN PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO AND PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL STANDING GUARD OF HONOR NEXT TO THE REMAINS OF CUBAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN U.S. ATTACK IN VENEZUELA

2. MINISTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES (FAR) OF CUBA, ARMY GENERAL ALVARO LOPEZ MIERA, PAYING TRIBUTE

3. MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR OF CUBA, MAJOR GENERAL LAZARO ALBERTO ALVAREZ CASAS, PAYING TRIBUTE

4. VARIOUS OF CASTRO, DIAZ-CANEL AND OFFICIALS PAYING TRIBUTE NEXT TO SOLDIERS COFFINS AND THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS

5. VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS’ COFFINS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

6. CASTRO, DIAZ-CANEL AND OFFICIALS PAYING TRIBUTE

7. CUBAN FLAG WITH BLACK LACE

8. CASTRO WALKING IN FRONT OF SOLDIERS' COFFINS AND OBSERVING THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS

9. SOLDIER'S COFFIN AND PHOTOGRAPH

10. CASTRO AND DIAZ-CANEL WALKING AND OBSERVING SOLDIERS COFFINS AND PHOTOGRAPHS