We must rally our allies and deter our adversaries before they pose a clear and present danger to our national security and to the region NÉSTOR T. CARBONELL The U.S. is right to focus on critical hotspots such as Ukraine, Taiwan, and Iran. But it can no longer afford to ignore the dramatic inroads China …
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The Military Elite of Cuba The Castro Totalitarian Legacy Pedro Roig J.D. and Alvaro Alba M.A. Reviewed by Jaime Suchlicki, Ph.D. Download PDF version here THE ELITE ARMY CORP GENERALS IN ACTIVE SERVICE The appointment of Manuel Marrero, on December 21, as Prime Minister. In the first row, from left to right, Raul Castro Ruz …
By Pedro Roig As a historian and attorney this outline on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, searches into the essential issue of what the CIA and the FBI knew about Lee Harvey Oswald’s visits to the Cuban consulate in Mexico City prior to Kennedy’s assassination, the role of comandante Rolando Cubela in Kennedy’s plot …
Staff Report* Although Cuba was removed in 2015 from the U.S. State Department list of countries supporting terrorism, General Raul Castro’s regime continues to collaborate with terrorist groups and countries, and harbors U.S., Spanish, and Colombian terrorists in the island. Iran, Cuba and Venezuela have developed a close and cooperative relationship against the U.S. and …
By Nicolas J Gutierrez, Jr.* It was a meticulously choreographed and highly charged historic moment. The stage of the largest grand ballroom of Coral Gables’ majestic Biltmore Hotel was bedecked with the distinctive blue and yellow banner of Assault Brigade 2506 on the 58th anniversary of that unit’s valiant but unsuccessful landing at Cuba’s Playa …
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Cautiously, not to confront President Donald Trump or provoke a Russian-U.S. crisis, the Russians are finalizing their plans to install a Glonass station in Cuba. The installation of the Global Satellite Navigation System (Glonass), administered by the Russian Ministry of Defense, has been in the planning stage for four years. It is supervised by …
The Cuban dictatorship is preparing to ostensibly transfer power this week for the first time in nearly 6 decades to someone not named Castro, so the international media has gone into a predictable swoon. “Cuba Passes the Torch to a New Generation,” says one headline. “Cuba looks to a future without Castro rule,” says another. …
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Members of the Cuban Democratic Directorate (CDD), a human rights and political activism group based in Miami, have uncovered evidence of fraudulent twitter accounts that have been feverishly campaigning in support of the Cuban government and the recently held parliamentary and provincial elections. These elections will select the members of the National Assembly of People’s …
Acknowledgment I wish to thank Aleida Yanes for her research, editing, and proof reading on this paper. Likewise, the research support and conceptualization by De Toro Technologies was indispensable. A recognition as well, for friends who collaborated on this paper and must remain anonymous. Introduction: A series of mysterious attacks on US diplomats from late …
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After more than three decades of gradual economic reforms, Cuba’s heavily-centralized economy remains embattled by insufficient output levels, declining levels of capital accumulation and factor productivity, the lack of global competiveness, high levels of external sector dependency (particularly agricultural and food imports), demographic pressures (e.g., a declining and aging population), the poor state of its …
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