Cuba
The Lights Go Out in Cuba
A Latin American country of ten million people, already in steep economic decline, moves into acute crisis as its entire electrical network shuts down. The U.S. government moves quickly to...
“It’s Just Business:” Forced Migration through the Darién Gap
Each and every day, Venezuelans fleeing poverty and oppression gather in small groups to begin a long, arduous trek northward toward freedom and a better life. It’s a dangerous and...
The Russian Navy Just Sailed Right Into America’s ‘Backyard’ (Again)
Summary and Key Points: Russian warships, including the training ship Smolny, tanker Yelnya, and patrol vessel Neustrashimy from the Baltic Fleet, docked in Havana, Cuba, marking the second such visit...
Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba Exploit the U.S. Border Crisis
Even as President Biden issues a new executive order so he can appear to be addressing the crisis on our southern border, foreign adversaries continue to exploit that same crisis...
A Russian Submarine That Left Cuba Looks to be ‘Falling Apart’ with its Soundproofing Panels Missing
Summary and Key Points: The Russian Yasen-M-class nuclear submarine Kazan, docked in Havana, has drawn attention for its apparent disrepair. Images shared online show missing soundproofing panels, compromising the sub’s...
The U.S. Needs A Real Cuba Policy
Cuba’s communist political system, in power since 1959, is probably in its terminal stage. Beset by longstanding and gross economic mismanagement, deep-rooted corruption, and over half a century of U.S....
The Cuban Regime’s Triple Threat
Last month, Cuba observed sixty-five years since Fidel Castro’s violent seizure of power in 1959. While a new generation of Americans may not realize how dangerous he was, his brand...
Latin America Needs a New Political Right
Today, more than half of the sovereign states in Latin America and the Caribbean are governed by left-wing presidents, including the big three: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Only five years...
The Cuban Embargo Was a Failure From the Beginning
On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Proclamation 3447, which began the trade embargo on Cuba. Sixty years have passed, but the embargo has endured for decades. However, the...
Disaster Averted: How the World Nearly Ended on October 28, 1962
At 9 am on the morning of Sunday, October 28, 1962, Radio Moscow transmitted Nikita Khrushchev’s intention to dismantle the missiles he had placed in Cuba and return them to...
Elon Musk Says He Wants to Bring Starlink Satellite to Iran
Elon Musk announced this week on Twitter that one of his companies, Starlink, is now operational on all of Earth’s continents, including Antarctica. The National Science Foundation had elaborated earlier in the...
What Liberal Hawks Get Wrong About Iran (and Cuba)
President Barack Obama took greater steps towards normalizing relations with Iran and Cuba than any U.S. president in decades. Obama supporters had promised that greater links with the United States...