Such convictions are held by critics in both countries (Venezuela and Cuba) although they offer little hard evidence to back their … “In Cuba there are no communists in positions of control,” stressed Herbert Matthews in a fresh article. … Without your help, and without the help of the New York Times, the Revolution in Cuba would never have been.”…
Beyond the contiguous empire were Soviet bases from Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam to Tartus in Syria to Cienfuegos in Cuba. … reacted if a Soviet Union, victorious in the Cold War, effected the expulsion of all U.S. troops and bases from Europe and brought Cuba…
The ship, named the Chon-Chon Gang, was found to be crammed with missiles and mucho military contraband from terror-sponsoring Cuba … When the CFR’s Julia Sweig visited Cuba in 2010, accompanied by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, something caught Goldberg’s eye: … Defense Intelligence Agency top Cuba spycatcher, Chris Simmons (now retired), named her a Cuban “Agent of Influence.”…
Yes, government censorship in Cuba remains a serious problem. … Whoever wins the economic war in Cuba is going to control the regime.
Right now, China is winning that war. Perhaps U.S. … The question is whether America wants to
ultimately cede Cuba to China's economic and ideological sphere.…
I’ve met no one here who does not grimace when I ask about Cuba and Venezuela. … Russia is planning to open new military bases in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, which Berman sees as part of its drive to expand “its…
So it seems that if any nation merits the type of USAID attention championed by Senator Leahy its Cuba. … Now here’s a story, it seems to many Cuba watchers, worthy of a major media expose in the U.S. But we know better by now. … And consider Senator Leahy’s Cuba visa gold-plated.…
I know, I know, the “the Mob ran pre-Castro Cuba” meme is so entrenched into the worldwide media/Hollywood/academia Cuba narrative … -backed takeover of Cuba…
“But wait-a-minute Humberto?!” you say. … despite open doors both from Cuba and into the U.S.…
I am old enough to remember Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Israel, Libya, Syria. … Louis, South LA have nothing to do with Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Israel, Libya, Syria.…
Augusto Pinochet, the right-wing Chilean dictator, and unswervingly supporting Fidel Castro in Cuba. Mr. … In fact, Garcia-Marquez did live on and off in Cuba, in a (stolen) mansion Castro gifted him, where he frolicked with adolescent girls … Here’s Cuban-exile author Roberto Luque Escalona, briefly an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience who escaped Cuba in 1992:…
What is often overlooked these days as we look back at the Kennedy presidency is that the red line over missiles in Cuba never should … Nuclear bombs never made their way from Cuba to anywhere. Mr. Kennedy had been pretty clear to Mr. … Khrushchev began laying the groundwork to send nuclear weapons to Cuba to, as he said, “throw a hedgehog at Uncle Sam’s pants.”…
Nothing in Cuba presents a threat to the United States. … In 1953, more Cubans vacationed in the U.S., than Americans vacationed in Cuba. … The stadium erupted: “CUBA LIBRE!” yelled the delirious crowd while hugging and cheering and sobbing. “CUBA-LIBRE!”…
Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev was unwilling to fight World War III over his uncovered plot to put offensive missiles in Communist Cuba … Kennedy knew that enemy missiles in Cuba—Cuber, as he memorably called it—would be a mortal threat to the U.S. mainland.…