New U.S. sanctions aimed at crushing Cuban capitalism

So much for encouraging capitalism in Cuba. Independent Cuban entrepreneurs are banned from using U.S. banks under new Treasury Department rules announced Tuesday. The latest rules leave families with fewer legal, reliable ways to send money to Cuba to support their relatives. Such measures threaten to cripple Cuba’s fragile but growing private sector and deepen … Read more

Dark money and the fight over Cuba

The same public charity that supports Real America’s Voice and Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast funneled $1.4 million to the parent company of ADN Cuba and ADN América from 2021 to 2024. ADN Cuba has evolved over the past decade. It began in 2017 as a cultural bridge—a shared space uniting the diverse perspectives and … Read more

Rising U.S.-Cuba tensions as Pentagon prepares digital battlefield

President Donald Trump today called Cuba an “absolutely failed state” and vowed the country “will fall.” Speaking before the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Trump declared to world leaders, “Communism will never be coming to America, but freedom will be coming to Cuba.” As he spoke, members of the Cuban delegation stood up and left … Read more

U.S. humanitarian aid to Cuba: A $100 million Band-Aid

The U.S. government is spending $100 million to send emergency aid to Cuba while ramping up efforts to strangle the island’s economy. The State Department awarded Catholic Relief Services $60 million to send boxes of food and supplies to around 200,000 households. Samaritan’s Purse received a $40 million State Department grant. It hasn’t announced a … Read more

Cuba in survival mode: The reality behind strange U.S. exports

Human blood, nearly $10 million in chicken and a staggering $882,752 in communion wafers are among the latest U.S. monthly exports to Cuba. The Discalced Carmelite Nuns at the Monastery of St. Teresa and St. Joseph in Havana produce almost all the communion wafers for the island’s 304 Catholic parishes. But the cloistered nuns have … Read more