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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet traffic from #Cuba has collapsed below 50% of ordinary levels as the island is hit by #HurricaneIan, with the Electric Union announcing a total failure of the power grid; the Category 3 storm continues its way toward Florida 🌀📉
Rubio, Cuba & the Zionist Model – https://a.devs.today/https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/26/rubio-cuba-the-zionist-model/
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Rubio, Cuba & the Zionist Model
Lawrence Davidson on how the history of the Cuban American lobby, in copying the Israel lobby, has prepared the U.S. secretary of state to carry out Trump’s often unconstitutional and inhumane…
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In an interview for Al Mayadeen English, Chilean journalist and scholar Renato Velez warned that US President Donald Trump’s escalating pressure and sanctions on #Cuba are part of a broader strategy rooted in the "Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine".
He said #US policy is driven by two core goals: denying rivals like #Russia, #China, and #Iran access to the region, and securing critical resources from #Caribbean oil to South America’s #lithium reserves.
Velez emphasized that breaking Cuba’s alliance with Venezuela is central to this agenda, calling it "the logical next step" in Washington’s push for dominance, warning that Cuba is now facing mounting pressure pushing the island toward a "humanitarian catastrophe".
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He said #US policy is driven by two core goals: denying rivals like #Russia, #China, and #Iran access to the region, and securing critical resources from #Caribbean oil to South America’s #lithium reserves.
Velez emphasized that breaking Cuba’s alliance with Venezuela is central to this agenda, calling it "the logical next step" in Washington’s push for dominance, warning that Cuba is now facing mounting pressure pushing the island toward a "humanitarian catastrophe".
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Trump’s backyard doctrine: Latin America under US siege
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US blockade on Cuba: Almost admirable in its perversity - China Beyond the Wall
The economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba—initiated in 1960 under Eisenhower and formalized by Kennedy in 1962—represents the longest chapter of economic coercion in modern history. What began as an instrument of geopolitical pressure during the Cold War has mutated into a complex architecture of suffocation, perfected through eleven US administrations.
Its stated objective has always been the same: to weaken the Cuban government. Its empirical outcome, however, reveals a darker truth: the deliberate transformation of human suffering into a political bargaining chip.As the world moves toward 2026, this mechanism not only persists, it has been refined to levels of cruel sophistication that defy international conscience.
#Cuba #Sanctions #Embargo
The economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba—initiated in 1960 under Eisenhower and formalized by Kennedy in 1962—represents the longest chapter of economic coercion in modern history. What began as an instrument of geopolitical pressure during the Cold War has mutated into a complex architecture of suffocation, perfected through eleven US administrations.
Its stated objective has always been the same: to weaken the Cuban government. Its empirical outcome, however, reveals a darker truth: the deliberate transformation of human suffering into a political bargaining chip.As the world moves toward 2026, this mechanism not only persists, it has been refined to levels of cruel sophistication that defy international conscience.
#Cuba #Sanctions #Embargo
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'Pedophile #Trump BRAGGED about it' — #Greta #Thunberg calls for multiversal support for #Cuba against US #blockade
'It's time for THE WORLD to stand up for Cuba'
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🇨🇺RTVI’s new video from Cuba shows what an energy blockade looks like in real life. People stand in fuel lines a thousand deep. Hospitals work through blackouts. Families say they feel like they are living in a camp, not on a tropical island.
The report links this directly to Washington’s oil embargo and pressure on anyone who dares sell crude to Havana. Sanctions here are not an abstract policy tool. They are empty fridges, dead streetlights and protests in the dark — and the camera lets Cubans themselves say that on record.
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The report links this directly to Washington’s oil embargo and pressure on anyone who dares sell crude to Havana. Sanctions here are not an abstract policy tool. They are empty fridges, dead streetlights and protests in the dark — and the camera lets Cubans themselves say that on record.
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🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇺 CUBA SCORES MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST US OIL BLOCKADE
Cuba can now refine its own oil thanks to a breakthrough of the Hermanos Diaz oil refinery in the city of Santiago de #Cuba using thermoconversion technology developed by the #Oil Research Center and presented to the National Innovation Council by President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Havana has 20 billion barrels of oil reserves, which is enough to power the whole country for many decades. Despite this, they were unable to refine it.
But now they have developed their own sovereign technology that would allow them to refine their own domestic crude oil reserves and not have to rely on buying it from countries like Venezuela, Mexico, and Russia/Soviet Union. The island has essentially become energy independent.
And the greatest of all, with the introduction of this new method along with the supply of Russian energy, the power that the US has exerted over Cuba with the oil blockade has been significantly diminished.
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Cuba can now refine its own oil thanks to a breakthrough of the Hermanos Diaz oil refinery in the city of Santiago de #Cuba using thermoconversion technology developed by the #Oil Research Center and presented to the National Innovation Council by President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Havana has 20 billion barrels of oil reserves, which is enough to power the whole country for many decades. Despite this, they were unable to refine it.
But now they have developed their own sovereign technology that would allow them to refine their own domestic crude oil reserves and not have to rely on buying it from countries like Venezuela, Mexico, and Russia/Soviet Union. The island has essentially become energy independent.
And the greatest of all, with the introduction of this new method along with the supply of Russian energy, the power that the US has exerted over Cuba with the oil blockade has been significantly diminished.
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🇺🇸🇨🇺 The Trump administration is exploring multiple scenarios for a leadership transition in Cuba, but is not yet committed to dismantling the government entirely, Politico reports.
Sources say Washington is discussing options in which some Cuban leadership figures step down, not necessarily through full regime change, but targeted removal of key individuals.
Harder options, including military force, remain on the table, though diplomatic pressure is currently the preferred approach. This signals the administration is resisting pressure from the Cuban diaspora to resolve the "Cuban question" by force.
Trump yesterday threatened to redirect the US naval fleet toward Cuba following Iran.
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Sources say Washington is discussing options in which some Cuban leadership figures step down, not necessarily through full regime change, but targeted removal of key individuals.
Harder options, including military force, remain on the table, though diplomatic pressure is currently the preferred approach. This signals the administration is resisting pressure from the Cuban diaspora to resolve the "Cuban question" by force.
Trump yesterday threatened to redirect the US naval fleet toward Cuba following Iran.
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🇺🇸🇨🇺 US ramps up spy flights around Cuba to HIGHEST level in YEARS — CNN
Dense web of surveillance paths lights up map — at least 25 flights circling island
‘Pattern similar to lead up to military operations in #Iran and #Venezuela’
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Dense web of surveillance paths lights up map — at least 25 flights circling island
‘Pattern similar to lead up to military operations in #Iran and #Venezuela’
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Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-usaid-ned-open-society-quietly-bankroll-cubas-independent-media-in-push-for-regime-change/290942/
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Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change
From CubaNet to ADN Cuba, some of the most widely cited “independent” Cuban media outlets in Western Corporate media are quietly funded by USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Open Society Foundation as part of a decades-long campaign to…
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Trump’s Cuba blockade is slow #genocide
Ecuadorian journalist Esteban Carrillo from the Cradle tore into #US war on #Cuba, warning that Trump’s blockade has pushed the island into a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.
“We saw the infant mortality rate spike since the start of Donald Trump’s blockade,” Carrillo said.
Not just gas. Not just buses. Not just blackouts.
A whole population is being strangled — then Washington shows up offering “aid” for the crisis it created.
Carrillo said this is the same imperial playbook across Latin America: crush those who refuse to obey, redraw alliances, and drive out foreign influence that Washington doesn’t control.
“Everything… in Latin America [is] with the aim of persecuting those who oppose the imperialist project.”
Trump smiles with Xi, talks friendship — then runs back to the #MonroeDoctrine to choke #China out of #LatinAmerica.
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Ecuadorian journalist Esteban Carrillo from the Cradle tore into #US war on #Cuba, warning that Trump’s blockade has pushed the island into a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.
“We saw the infant mortality rate spike since the start of Donald Trump’s blockade,” Carrillo said.
Not just gas. Not just buses. Not just blackouts.
A whole population is being strangled — then Washington shows up offering “aid” for the crisis it created.
Carrillo said this is the same imperial playbook across Latin America: crush those who refuse to obey, redraw alliances, and drive out foreign influence that Washington doesn’t control.
“Everything… in Latin America [is] with the aim of persecuting those who oppose the imperialist project.”
Trump smiles with Xi, talks friendship — then runs back to the #MonroeDoctrine to choke #China out of #LatinAmerica.
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As the U.S. ramps up its maximum‑pressure campaign and hints at military action, it’s also covertly bankrolling a large network of Cuban outlets that present themselves as independent while pushing regime‑change messaging.
Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/foreign-affairs/revealed-usaid-ned-open-society-quietly-bankroll-cubas-independent-media-in-push-for-regime-change
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American intelligence is actively mapping out Cuba's possible reactions to any US military intervention. The Pentagon and defense intelligence have begun crafting military options tailored for the Trump administration according to officials.
Cuba has been acquiring advanced systems that would make any operation far more costly. This development coincides with #Havana strengthening its ties beyond the reach of Western pressure.
The US never tires of testing the limits in its backyard. Cuba has outlasted sanctions, invasions and isolation for generations. These latest preparations only serve to drive the island further into the arms of strategic partners like Russia and China while underscoring the futility of one-sided dominance.
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Cuba has been acquiring advanced systems that would make any operation far more costly. This development coincides with #Havana strengthening its ties beyond the reach of Western pressure.
The US never tires of testing the limits in its backyard. Cuba has outlasted sanctions, invasions and isolation for generations. These latest preparations only serve to drive the island further into the arms of strategic partners like Russia and China while underscoring the futility of one-sided dominance.
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❗️🗣😈🚢⚓️😵💫PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN NEWS:
In this document from February 2026, it is clearly stated that the United States is becoming a "pirate country": the capture of ships and their crews in international waters is legitimized, with the aim of appropriating their goods and doing whatever they please with the vessels. Many people are unaware that, at present, there are three active maritime blockades: one in the Strait of #Hormuz, another in the North Atlantic Ocean, from #Greenland to #Iceland, and a third in the Caribbean ( #Cuba) and the #Pacific, covering a large part of #Africa and South America.(#LatinAmerica)
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In this document from February 2026, it is clearly stated that the United States is becoming a "pirate country": the capture of ships and their crews in international waters is legitimized, with the aim of appropriating their goods and doing whatever they please with the vessels. Many people are unaware that, at present, there are three active maritime blockades: one in the Strait of #Hormuz, another in the North Atlantic Ocean, from #Greenland to #Iceland, and a third in the Caribbean ( #Cuba) and the #Pacific, covering a large part of #Africa and South America.(#LatinAmerica)
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🇺🇸🇨🇺New Documents Blow Up the Miami Myth About Cuba’s ‘Murder in the Skies’ | 21st Century Wire –
Washington has revived one of the most combustible episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations just as Cuba buckles under blackouts, fuel shortages and intensified economic strangulation. On May 20, 2026, the Justice Department unsealed murder-related charges against 95-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five other Cuban officials over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, then chose to announce them at Miami’s Freedom Tower, before a room of hardline exile activists who greeted the case as political vindication rather than legal procedure.
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Washington has revived one of the most combustible episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations just as Cuba buckles under blackouts, fuel shortages and intensified economic strangulation. On May 20, 2026, the Justice Department unsealed murder-related charges against 95-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five other Cuban officials over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, then chose to announce them at Miami’s Freedom Tower, before a room of hardline exile activists who greeted the case as political vindication rather than legal procedure.
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The US Trump Administration Is Knocking Down Leftist Governments Across Latin America — Will Brazil Be Next?
For MintPress News by Carlos Latuff
One by one, US-backed right wing candidates are taking over government’s across Latin America, as the US sets its sights on overthrowing #Cuba & #Nicaragua, following the kidnapping of #Venezuela President Nicolas #Maduro. It is now also feared that Brazilian President Lula da Silva may be the next on Trump’s target list.
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One by one, US-backed right wing candidates are taking over government’s across Latin America, as the US sets its sights on overthrowing #Cuba & #Nicaragua, following the kidnapping of #Venezuela President Nicolas #Maduro. It is now also feared that Brazilian President Lula da Silva may be the next on Trump’s target list.
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The energy crisis in Cuba has led to record power outages in recent days. The day before, up to 72% of the country was left without electricity simultaneously during peak hours.
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The CIA has reportedly created a new task force focused exclusively on Cuba, bringing together intelligence officers, cyber specialists, analysts, and covert operations experts under one command.
The move comes as tensions between Washington and #Havana rise once again, reviving memories of Cold War-era confrontations, including the failed invasion in 1961. Cuban officials have condemned the move, accusing Washington of continuing a decades-long campaign of espionage.
#Cuba #USEmpire #CIA
The move comes as tensions between Washington and #Havana rise once again, reviving memories of Cold War-era confrontations, including the failed invasion in 1961. Cuban officials have condemned the move, accusing Washington of continuing a decades-long campaign of espionage.
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CIA Whistleblower Philip Agee "US Terrorism Of Cuba" | 1997
The late Philip Agee in 1997 testifying in Havana of US terrorism against Cuba at the 14th World Festival for Youth and Students. After formal testimony, he responds to questions at a workshop with youth and student conference participants. Agee, an ex-CIA case officer whistle-blower, author of Inside the Company, A CIA Diary, and On the Run, was stationed in Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. He was born July 19, 1935 and died living in exile in Cuba January 7, 2008
He operated a tourist website CubaLinda.com helping Americans get around unconstitutional limitations upon freedom of travel. After the US revoked his passport in 1979, Agee first lived in Grenada in 1980 until Bishop was overthrown by the US, then in Nicaragua until 1990 when the Sandanistas were overthrown by the US, then Germany and Cuba. Wikipedia provides more detail.
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How the CIA Attempted to Assassinate Fidel Castro | Collector
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The late Philip Agee in 1997 testifying in Havana of US terrorism against Cuba at the 14th World Festival for Youth and Students. After formal testimony, he responds to questions at a workshop with youth and student conference participants. Agee, an ex-CIA case officer whistle-blower, author of Inside the Company, A CIA Diary, and On the Run, was stationed in Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. He was born July 19, 1935 and died living in exile in Cuba January 7, 2008
He operated a tourist website CubaLinda.com helping Americans get around unconstitutional limitations upon freedom of travel. After the US revoked his passport in 1979, Agee first lived in Grenada in 1980 until Bishop was overthrown by the US, then in Nicaragua until 1990 when the Sandanistas were overthrown by the US, then Germany and Cuba. Wikipedia provides more detail.
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How the CIA Attempted to Assassinate Fidel Castro | Collector
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🇨🇺Two hundred days under siege: The silent suffocation of a people
it has been 200 days in which an entire people have been subjected to suffering.
#Cuba will not be able to survive," Trump declared to the press that night, without hesitation.It wasn't just a threat; the energy embargo is not just another coercive measure. It is the tightening of the noose, the reopening of a wound that has been open for more than six decades.To understand its unique nature, it must be distinguished from the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, formalized on February 3rd, 1962, a policy of collective punishment that the international community has condemned on numerous occasions in the UN General Assembly
The energy blockade is something else entirely; it is the deliberate interruption of the flow of fuel to a nation that depends on it for everything to function: its hospitals, its water treatment plants, its water pumping systems, its food refrigeration systems, its transportation, its schools.
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it has been 200 days in which an entire people have been subjected to suffering.
#Cuba will not be able to survive," Trump declared to the press that night, without hesitation.It wasn't just a threat; the energy embargo is not just another coercive measure. It is the tightening of the noose, the reopening of a wound that has been open for more than six decades.To understand its unique nature, it must be distinguished from the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, formalized on February 3rd, 1962, a policy of collective punishment that the international community has condemned on numerous occasions in the UN General Assembly
The energy blockade is something else entirely; it is the deliberate interruption of the flow of fuel to a nation that depends on it for everything to function: its hospitals, its water treatment plants, its water pumping systems, its food refrigeration systems, its transportation, its schools.
@acn_en
#USEmpire