Crucial Quote
“Many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history—from the George Floyd riots to the rise of Antifa to the explosion of pro-terrorist activism on American college campuses—can be linked, in some way, shape, or form to Cuban influence,” the report alleges, calling Havana “the ideological capital of the modern radical left.”
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Chief Critic
“Going to need more time to digest this doozy of a report,” Michael Bustamante, professor of Cuban and Cuban American studies at the University of Miami and the author of “Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile,” tweeted, adding, “a skim already reveals highly questionable assertions that perversely replicate how Cuban govt portrays internal dissent as nothing but a foreign plot. It’s selective, infuriating history.”
Key Background
Trump in March said “Cuba is next” during a speech in Miami while discussing the success of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, but has also said he prefers a “friendly takeover” of Cuba. The U.S. has continued to ratchet up economic pressure on Cuba, cutting off oil shipments to Cuba from Venezuela, its primary supplier, after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and threatening sanctions on any country that supplies oil to Cuba. The lack of both oil and investment in Cuba’s energy infrastructure has caused its power grid to repeatedly collapse in recent months.
further reading
U.S.-Cuba Tensions Deepen: Rubio Says Chance Of Peaceful Deal ‘Not High’ (Forbes)
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Trump Says Cuba Needs To ‘Make A Deal’ After Removing Maduro From Venezuela (Forbes)
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