The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
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A State Department report on this alleged problem is new, but its claims about alleged communist machinations being behind activist movements in the US are old.
The links between Cuba and espionage and terror operations in the US are spurious. Yet, they give Trump the pretext to take action against his enemies.
Economic globalization was supposed to encourage democracy around the world. But sometimes the opposite happens.
Cubans are living in a state of limbo, and it’s not clear that US military intervention would revitalize the Cuban economy.
Thirty years after first visiting Havana, an expert in US-Cuba relations reports on his latest visit.
One law generally shields foreign governments and companies they own from lawsuits in US courts. Another lets many Cuban cases proceed, according to a new ruling.
The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin America.
Recent military and economic pressure on Cuba, including Trump’s threats of a ‘friendly takeover’ of the island, follow a long pattern of US hostility toward its southern neighbor.
The timing of the offer was thorny because it coincided with the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
The US is pursuing a strategy of straining the Cuban regime internally, while constructing legal and political justifications for escalation.
Short-term humanitarian aid won’t go far in alleviating Cuba’s long-term energy crisis.
Castro’s alleged crimes happened 30 years ago. Here’s why the charges have been levelled now.
Cubans are using AI image generators to imagine US intervention in their country. The results look straight out of the 1890s.
Nothing angers Cubans more than being told by Americans how to run their country.
The interwar years in Latin America saw a remarkable flourishing of left-wing political thought aiming to challenge US dominance. That could offer lessons for today.
After decades of hostility, the Cuban government is allowing Cuban emigrants to return and invest in the private sector.
Cubans are suffering through a series of nationwide blackouts as Donald Trump threatens to “take” the country. Here’s what might happen next.
The US is determined to starve Cuba of the revenues it raises from exporting healthcare workers.
If President Trump gets his way, the future of the US and Cuba will look very much like a partnership of unequals.
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