* By Jaime Suchlicki As the smoke of Hamas’ unprovoked brutal attack against Israel on October 7 begins to dissipate, a new critical reality emerges. The Hamas invasion was designed primarily to entice an Israeli invasion of Gaza that would entangle the Israeli army in that territory while Iran and Hezbollah launch a massive attack …
*Por Jaime Suchlicki En 1962, la Unión Soviética introdujo subrepticiamente misiles nucleares en Cuba, con lo que el mundo estuvo cerca de un holocausto nuclear. Estados Unidos bloqueó a Cuba y obligó a los soviéticos a retirar sus misiles. Después de varios días de tensión, la crisis había terminado. Los objetivos de los soviéticos eran …
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* By Jaime Suchlicki In 1962, the Soviet Union surreptitiously introduced nuclear missiles into Cuba bringing the world close to a nuclear holocaust. The United States blockaded Cuba and forced the Soviets to withdraw their missiles. After several tense days, the crisis was over. The Soviets sought to change the balance of power in the …
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Note: Under the auspices of the George W. Bush administration and in the hope that Cuba’s transition to a democratic society would develop within a short time, a major project was started in the 1990s at the University of Miami on Cuba’s need to transition from totalitarianism toward democracy. Some 24 studies were undertaken for …
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* By Jaime Suchlicki NOTE: Recently the U.S. administration and much of the media are highlighting the Chinese spying facility in Cuba. For two decades now U.S. intelligence and policy makers have ignored or downgraded Chinese presence in the island. In 1999 I wrote an article, published in the Wall Street Journal, focusing on Chinese …
* By Jaime Suchlicki The next five years in Cuba under the leadership of recently reelected “President” Miguel Díaz-Canel will likely follow the disastrous five years of his first administration. The economy will continue to deteriorate, repression and migration will increase and unhappiness among Cubans will deepen with growing demonstrations and opposition to the …
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* By Jaime Suchlicki Cuba combines the worst features of underdeveloped and communist societies. It is probably the most inefficient among the former socialist nations. By far, it is also the poorest in terms of per capita income. Moreover, Cuba’s economic decline in the last five years has reached catastrophic proportions, with no end in …
* Jaime Suchlicki A recent proposal to modify the U.S.-Cuba embargo and allow investments and travel to Cuba, introduced by a small bi-partisan group of members of the U.S. Congress, is likely to fail. Yet it shows the lingering perception that internal change in Cuba can be fostered by U.S. policies and that the 60 years of …
Like in most communist countries, elections in Cuba are not aimed at changing previously selected officials, but rather at highlighting existing polices and mobilizing the population to support the communist system. Cuban parliamentary elections, late this month, without any opposition groups or parties, will ratify the weak and ineffective presidency of Miguel Díaz-Canel. More importantly, …
*By Jaime Suchlicki Cuba’s new penal code introduced in the island this December, increased to 24 violations sanctioned with the death penalty to 24. The harsh new penal code follows the growth of opposition in Cuba and the massive demonstrations in July of last year. The Cuban regime fears a repetition of these demonstrations and …
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