Politics

* 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 […]

GIVE CUBAN OPPOSITION WEAPONS AND MILITARY TRAINING For the first time in 60 years, there is evidence of growing opposition in Cuba against the legacy regime of the Castro era.  Cubans have abandoned the policy of waiting for the regime to provide change “from above.” They now are seeking change “from below.”   The nationwide popular

*By Paulina Zelitsky, P.Eng. “Russian support is requested by Latin American countries, where there is a threat of drug-related terrorism and color revolutions,” stated Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu at the Moscow Conference on International Security held in Moscow on June 23-24 of 2021 attended by about 700 delegates from 109 countries, including

As the current U.S. administration reviews U.S.-Cuba policy and what changes, if any, to make, the following should be considered: Cuba is a failed economy.  Not the result of the U.S. embargo but the consequence of failed economic policies.  Not unlike the former eastern European economic systems, the Cuban state-controlled system does not produce; does

PART II The disillusionment and frustration caused by the 1961 Bay of Pigs failure among anti-Castro forces, both inside and out of Cuba, prevented the growth of significant organized opposition.  With little hope for change more than 2 million Cubans migrated from the island mostly to the U.S.  With his power consolidated Castro could embark on massive

PART I In the early months of the revolution, Castro reasserted his independence from the United States but maintained normal relations.  During his visit to the United States in April 1959, he turned down tentative offers of aid, but insisted that Cuba stood with the West in the Cold War. He also met with several U.S.

During the Vietnam war Fidel Castro visit Hanoi in 1973, to show his public support to the communist regime fighting the United States but for years cuban military officers were providing secrets operations in that war. The most repulsive was the torturing of American POW’s. Between July 1967 and August 1968, almost daily, Cuban captain

In an interview during the presidential campaign, V.P. Joe Biden was asked about his Cuba policy if elected President.  He responded that he would follow the Obama policy.  Did Mr. Biden mean that he would offer General Raúl Castro more unilateral concessions with little or nothing in return?  The Obama policies failed to secure any

Could President Kennedy’s assassination had been prevented if the CIA and the FBI had alerted the Secret Service and Dallas FBI office about Lee Harvey Oswald disturbing behavior at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City? The answer given by FBI Director Clarence Kelly, is an emphatic YES!  Kelly asserted that if the FBI Dallas’ Office