Washington has spent decades protecting Cuban exile terrorists while criminalizing Cuba’s response to them. The indictment of Raúl Castro is the latest chapter in that story — and a pretext for something much worse.
Cold War Puerto Rico by Steve Howell argues that Washington has long treated the island as giant aircraft carrier. The result has been severe: residents face economic strain while lacking many democratic rights and social protections.
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Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, wants to send Cuba some desperately needed oil. Donald Trump sent the US Navy into the Caribbean to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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The moment that Salvador Allende was violently deposed on September 11, 1973, democratic socialists in the US knew it was a crime. They joined others around the world organizing solidarity efforts and supporting political refugees.
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