Cuba blames U.S. for $8 billion in losses

U.S. sanctions against Cuba caused a record loss of $8.083 billion during a single 12-month period, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told the United Nations. Rodríguez said the losses occurred between March 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026, and marked a 7% increase over the previous record-high damages posted just one year ago. Cuban officials say … Read more

Tierras Altas celebra 13 años uniendo al país a caballo

El distrito de Tierras Altas, en Panamá, celebra uno de sus eventos más importantes del año del 11 al 13 de septiembre para conmemorar el 13.º aniversario de su fundación. Hoy conversé con el alcalde de Tierras Altas, Alexander Chavarría, para conocer los detalles de las actividades del fin de semana. (Haga clic aquí para … Read more

Covert program exploited Cuba’s power grid decades before collapse

A Miami broadcast network sent live satellite data to central France. From there, high-power transmitters fired the shortwave signals across the Atlantic Ocean to Cuba, flanking the island’s fixed northern-facing defenses. The State Department’s goal was to “break the information blockade” and spread messages of democracy and freedom. And the classified operation had a side … Read more

Will Trump invade Cuba?

In March, Donald Trump bragged that he would have “the honor of taking Cuba.” In the months that followed, the U.S. Navy flooded the region with warships, fighter jets and surveillance drones, one of the biggest concentrations of American firepower outside the Middle East. In July, CBS News reported that senior Pentagon officials were reviewing … Read more

The threat of Cuba: David’s budget, Goliath’s fear

The State Department contends that Cuba poses a deep, multifaceted threat to U.S. national security and hemispheric stability. “Even as its economy teeters on the brink of collapse in the wake of decades of corrupt communist rule, the Cuban regime’s fundamental objective remains the same as it was when Castro first marched into Havana in … Read more