English Newsletters Archives | Boletines en Español Donald Trump says his foreign policy puts U.S. interests first. Yet on Cuba, he’s clinging to a game plan his own playbook says undermines those very interests. Belly of the Beast journalist Reed Lindsay breaks down this contradiction in a recent article for The American Conservative (see more below). Also: Want “a Deal”? Then Why Did You Torch the Last One? Music Lovers Flock to Cuba for Jazz Festival Rubio: No End to Embargo Without Regime...
4 days ago • 8 min read
Boletines en Español | English Newsletters Archives Desde el secuestro de Nicolás Maduro, la administración Trump ha intensificado su retórica contra Cuba, afirmando que el gobierno está “a punto de caer”. Pero la fantasía de un colapso inminente es tan antigua como el propio embargo: durante décadas, legisladores, lobistas y presidentes han sostenido que los días del gobierno cubano están contados. Los principales medios de comunicación se han sumado desde hace tiempo a estos pronósticos...
7 days ago • 13 min read
English Newsletters Archives | Boletines en Español Since the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has ramped up its rhetoric against Cuba, claiming the government is “ready to fall.” But the imminent collapse pipe dream is as old as the embargo itself: Lawmakers, lobbyists and presidents have claimed the Cuban government’s days are numbered for decades. Major media outlets have long joined in these doomsday forecasts, but in the weeks leading up to and after the U.S. attack...
10 days ago • 11 min read
Boletines en Español | English Newsletters Archives Donald Trump se ha jactado del asesinato de 32 agentes de seguridad cubanos que fallecieron a manos de las Fuerzas Especiales de Estados Unidos durante el secuestro del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro el 3 de enero. Trump calificó a los cubanos de “matones y extorsionadores” que mantuvieron a Venezuela como rehén durante muchos años. Yunio Estévez Samón, uno de los fallecidos en el ataque estadounidense, no era ni un matón ni un...
13 days ago • 3 min read
English Newsletters Archives | Boletines en Español Donald Trump has boasted about the killing of 32 Cuban security personnel who died at the hands of U.S. Special Forces during the January 3 abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Trump called the Cubans “thugs and extortionists” who held Venezuela hostage for many years. Yunio Estévez Samón, one of those killed in the U.S. attack, was neither a thug nor an extortionist. He was a 32-year-old cryptographer and a dedicated family man...
13 days ago • 3 min read
Boletines en Español | English Newsletters Archives Las empresas estadounidenses salieron de Venezuela en parte debido a las sanciones promulgadas por Donald Trump durante su primer mandato. La misma dinámica se reprodujo en Cuba, donde Trump impuso medidas de “máxima presión” que, en la práctica, expulsaron a las empresas estadounidenses, destruyeron la economía de la isla y alimentaron una migración sin precedentes hacia Estados Unidos. Ahora, Trump afirma que Estados Unidos tomará el...
17 days ago • 11 min read
English Newsletters Archives | Boletines en Español U.S. companies were driven out of Venezuela due in part to sanctions enacted by Donald Trump during his first term. The same dynamic played out in Cuba, where Trump imposed “maximum pressure” measures that effectively expelled U.S. companies, destroyed the island's economy and fueled unprvecedented migration to the United States. Now, Trump says the U.S. will take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and is warning Cuba to “make a deal…BEFORE...
18 days ago • 10 min read
Boletines en Español | English Newsletters Archives El gobierno cubano ha confirmado que 32 de sus nacionales murieron en Venezuela mientras intentaban proteger al presidente Nicolás Maduro y a su esposa, Cilia Flores, cuando ambos fueron secuestrados por las Fuerzas Especiales de Estados Unidos la semana pasada. A continuación, desglosamos lo que se sabe hasta ahora y conversamos con cubanos sobre cómo se sienten respecto a lo que está ocurriendo. También profundizamos en las razones por las...
22 days ago • 13 min read
English Newsletters Archives | Boletines en Español The Cuban government has now confirmed that 32 of its nationals were killed in Venezuela trying to protect President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores when they were abducted by U.S. Special Forces last Saturday. Below, we break down what we know so far and talk to Cubans about how they feel about what's going on. We also take a deep dive into why these Cubans were in Venezuela in the first place — and why claims that they were an...
23 days ago • 11 min read