Christopher Landau, the U.S. Undersecretary of State, accused the Maduro administration in Venezuela of having "destroyed" the country and warned that "history shows how tyrants end." Landau also responded directly to accusations from Diosdado Cabello, the secretary general of Venezuela's PSUV party, stating that it is Cabello and his associates who have harassed and declared war on the Venezuelan people. Cabello, in turn, rejected the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, denying that the Venezuelan government poses a threat to any country. The Cuban government also condemned the presence of U.S. naval and air forces in the southern Caribbean, attributing the deployment to what it described as a "corrupt agenda" led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Meanwhile, opposition voices expressed hope that the fall of Venezuela's government would lead to the end of dictatorial regimes in Cuba and Nicaragua, advocating for a free Latin America.