Begun in 1900, the Havana English-language daily morning paper’s first director was C.E. Fisher, who was succeeded in 1919 by John Thomas Wilford. Directed at Americans living on the island, it contained international, U.S., and business news, along with some Cuban news, American sports news, society events, a listing of arriving and departing shipping, and classified ads. A member of the Associated Press, it was eight pages long in 1913. In the 1920s it was owned (along with El Mundo) by the Govía family. The Post’s ultra-conservative viewpoint, and, in particular, its 1956 denouncing of the anti-Batista struggle and of the use of terrorism by the revels as Communist-inspired, and not a product of the opposition leadership, encouraged the foundation of the rival Times of Havana. Publication after January 1, 1959 was erratic, and it ceased altogether in 1960.
Thanks to Cuba, Russia is a growing threat to the U.S.
June 27, 2024
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*By Jaime Suchlicki The recent visit to Cuba and the Caribbean by a contingent of Russian naval war vessels and submarines indicates
