NYTIMES (Michael J. Bustamante) - Bread Rations. Endless Blackouts. How Much More Can Cubans Endure?
Governments can afford to keep playing the waiting game. Ordinary Cubans cannot.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Trump administration expands CIA operations in Cuba to pressure communist regime
The Trump administration has quietly ramped up American intelligence operations inside Cuba in recent months, deploying spies and assets to the island as part of a broader campaign to force the communist government into political and economic reforms, or push it from power entirely. Two people familiar with the plans told Politico that the effort […] The post Trump administration expands CIA operations in Cuba to pressure communist regime appeared first on American Almanac .
The Trump administration has quietly ramped up American intelligence operations inside Cuba in recent months, deploying spies and assets to the island as part of a broader campaign to force the communist government into political and economic reforms, or push it from power entirely. Two people familiar with the plans told Politico that the effort includes an increased CIA presence on the island, paired with tightened sanctions, a cutoff of Venezuelan oil shipments, public messaging campaigns aimed at the Cuban people, and legal action against former Cuban leader Raul Castro. The scope of the intelligence buildup remains undisclosed, and four agencies, the CIA, the White House, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the…Open
REDSTATE (Becky Noble) - While the Left Tells Us Communism Is Great, 250,000 People Fled Cuba in 2025
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ivan Eland) - Is the U.S. Capable of Being Cautious About Foreign Interventions?
American adversaries have learned how to outlast the U.S. The post Is the U.S. Capable of Being Cautious About Foreign Interventions? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Is the U.S. Capable of Being Cautious About Foreign Interventions? American adversaries have learned how to outlast the U.S. (Photo by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images) The United States loves to remember the Second World War and the Gulf War, because they resulted in the United States smashing the huge conventional armies of diabolical adversaries such as Adolf Hitler, the Imperial Japanese, and the former American ally Saddam Hussein. Yet most recent U.S. wars haven’t gone all that well. Although the outcome of the Korean War against countries using conventional…Open
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - TRUMP on Iran: They cannot have nuclear weapons
President Donald Trump spoke with reporters from the White House lawn before departing for Joint Base Andrews, discussing the 2026 midterm elections, ongoing negotiations with Iran, and the political crisis in Cuba.