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