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
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 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
Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security adviser who secretly negotiated normalization of relations with Cuba under the Obama administration, said he believes Donald Trump will order a military invasion of Cuba. “He’ll do something,” Rhodes said in an interview with Hasan Minhaj, an actor, writer and political commentator. Rhodes said Trump wants Cuba’s beachfront … Read more
El Departamento de Estado finalmente ha publicado un archivo confidencial sobre un proyecto de promoción de la democracia de 3,3 millones de dólares dirigido a Cuba. Recibí los documentos, con numerosas partes censuradas y sellos de “No clasificado”, hoy mismo, tras una espera exasperante de 14 años, 8 meses y 15 días. Presenté una solicitud … Read more