The United States assured that 25,000 Cubans would keep Maduro in power: "If they returned to Cuba, the regime would fall, they would be like a parasite"

The United States said Tuesday that what kept the Venezuelan dictator in power, Nicolás Maduro, they are "25,000 Cubans" mixed "as a parasite" in their security forcesbut predicted that it would eventually fall due to the pressure strategy of the White House and other countries.

"Real power in the direction of the Venezuelan government is now between 20,000 and 25,000 Cubans" who act within the military structure and intelligence services of Venezuela, said a senior US official to a small group of media, including Efe.

"If the 25,000 Cubans returned to Cuba today, the regime (Maduro) would fall, they are like a parasite" in the country, added the manager who requested anonymity.

The White House has increased its pressure against Havana because of its support for Maduro, that more than 50 countries, including the United States, no longer recognize Venezuela's legitimate president, but still enjoy the support of powers such as Russia and China.

The newspaper The Washington Post published this Sunday badysis on the limits of the American strategy in Venezuela, in which he badured that the desertions of the Venezuelan army having broken with Maduro went from "80 or 100" a day to only "two or three".

Despite the absence of military rebellion against Maduro, the senior US official said that "The balance leans in favor of the opposition" of Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim President of Venezuela by the fifty countries mentioned above.

"It's a mistake to say that the situation is at a standstill, the pressure continues every day" stressed the source.

"I do not see how Maduro could stay in power" he added, pointing out that US sanctions and international pressure "almost paralyzed the government" Chavista.

The official badured that "the revolutions must face the institutions" of each country, and he remembered that chavismo was "twenty years"in power in Venezuela.

"The fact that it's been three months (shooting down) should not be surprising," he said.

The White House considers the so-called axis formed by Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua like a "troika of tyranny", in the words of the US President's National Security Advisor, John Bolton, who will deliver a new speech Wednesday on these three countries in Miami.

(With information from EFE)