Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on Friday that the aggressive actions of the United States pose a threat to international peace and criticized its recent decisions to use the Guantánamo Naval Base (in eastern Cuba) to detain 30,000 undocumented migrants and to relist the island as a state sponsor of terrorism.

“We will not remain silent in the face of such infamy, nor will we lose hope in humanity’s progress,” said the Cuban leader during the closing session of the 6th International Conference for the Balance of the World, held in Havanaand dedicated to Cuba’s national hero, José Martí (1853-1895).

Díaz-Canel pointed out that “the dominant political forces embrace fascist ideologies that humanity has sought to eradicate since the last century. These trends are a product of capitalism.”

Two days ago, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 30,000 undocumented migrants to the Guantánamo base, Díaz-Canel condemned the decision as an “act of brutality” and emphasized that the military facility is “located on illegally occupied Cuban territory.”

U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Friday that he would not allow the purchase of oil from Venezuela, as his predecessor Joe Biden did when he lifted a series of sanctions.

“Biden went and bought millions of barrels of oil. I’m not going to allow something that stupid to happen again,” Trump said in remarks to the media in the Oval Office.

The president was asked about the visit of his special envoy, Richard Grenell, to meet with Nicolás Maduro at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Friday.

“He (Grenell) is meeting with a lot of different people,” Trump responded.

The Trump administration has had its first contact with Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela to advance the release of American hostages and ensure the repatriation of “criminals and gang members in a clear and unconditional manner.” The meeting took place just before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first trip to Latin America, marking his first international tour.

Rick Grenell, Trump’s Special Envoy for Foreign Affairs, traveled to Venezuela to meet with Maduro and discuss the release of American hostages and the deportation of Venezuelans. This marks the first face-to-face encounter between the new U.S. government and the Chavismo regime, which may begin to shape the future of bilateral relations and whether the Trump administration plans to deploy a strategy aimed at seeking regime change in the Caribbean nation.

“We want to do something with Venezuela. I’ve been a big opponent of Venezuela and Maduro. They’ve treated us badly, and they’ve treated the Venezuelan people very badly,” Trump said in a statement in the Oval Office.

“From migration to security and trade, no other region in the world affects the daily lives of Americans more than the Western Hemisphere, and that’s why, under President Trump’s golden era, he has prioritized the Americas in this administration,” said Mauricio Claver-Carone, Special Envoy for Latin America, in a call with journalists, confirming Grenell’s meeting in Caracas.