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Un general disidente de Fidel Castro irrumpe en la literatura norteamericana

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“Havana Odyssey: Chasing Ochoa’s Ghost is an insightful look at modern-day Cuba. The book is sympathetic to the Cuban people yet critical of the inner workings of the authoritarian state. This historical novel reads well, offering romance, treachery, and personal redemption. I like it.” —Dr. Jaime Suchlicki, Director, The Cuban Studies Institute (Coral Gables, FL). …

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What We Learned From The Cuban Missile Crisis

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 *  By Jaime Suchlicki United Nations during the Cuban missile crisis In 1962, the Soviet Union surreptitiously introduced nuclear missiles into Cuba. A surprised, embarrassed, and angry President John F. Kennedy blockaded the island and after eleven tense days the Soviet Union withdrew its missiles. The crisis, which brought the world to the brink of a …

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(Testimony) The Obama Administration Rapprochement with Cuba: Anatomy of a Policy Failure

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Dear Friend: Following is a copy of my testimony “The Obama Administration Rapprochement with Cuba: Anatomy of a Policy Failure,” presented at the Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing held in Miami on January 16, 2018. Saludos, Jaime Suchlicki Director    “The Obama Administration Rapprochement with Cuba: Anatomy …

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American Tourists Won’t Bring Democracy to Cuba

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* Jaime Suchlicki • Over the past decades hundreds of thousands of Canadian, European, and Latin American tourists as well as Cuban-Americans have visited the island. Cuba is not more democratic today. If anything, Cuba is more totalitarian, with the state and its control apparatus having been strengthened as a result of the influx of …

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What Cubans Can Not Do Under Raul Castro

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* Jaime Suchlicki Cubans can not: • Travel abroad without government permission. • Change jobs without government permission. • Change residence without government permission. • Access the Internet without government permission (the Internet is closely monitored and controlled by the government. Less than 10% of the population has access to the Internet). • Send their children to …

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CUBA’S COMMITMENT TO VIOLENCE, TERRORISM AND ANTI-AMERICANISM

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“Iran and Cuba, in cooperation with each other, can bring America to its knees.  The U.S. regime is very weak, and we are witnessing this weakness from close up.” Fidel Castro, during his tour of Iran, Syria, and Libya. Agence France Press, May 10, 2001.   CUBA’S COMMITMENT TO VIOLENCE, TERRORISM AND ANTI-AMERICANISM Jaime Suchlicki …

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A NEW MISSILE CRISIS IN THE MAKING?

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Note: The following article highlights Russian actions in Cuba that may have major implications for U.S.-Russian relations and for Cuba.  If Putin is willing now to challenge U.S. security interests in the U.S. own backyard, it may represent a threat perhaps as dangerous as Khrushchev surreptitious introduction of nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962.  Russian …

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The Military Elite of Cuba

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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 …

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The Making of the “New Socialist Men” in Cuba

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*By Jaime Suchlicki Faithful to Lenin’s ideas that the school should “educate and prepare members of the Communist society,” the Castro revolution has used education as the instrument to build a new society – to develop the socialist man. The creation of the new man required a change in the values and attitudes of most …

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Castro’s Complicity in Kennedy’s Assassination

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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 …

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