The CIA’s “Brief History of Radio Swan,” formerly classified SECRET EYES ONLY, begins with this paragraph: "On 17 March 1960, President Eisenhower approved a covert action program to bring about the replacement of the Castro regime. Within the propaganda framework of that program, an important objective was to create and...
An Ethnographic Portrait of Youth, the Blockade and Survival in Havana Today, on the 72nd Anniversary of the July 26th Attack  Argentinian sociologist Atilio Borón, analyzing the impact of Western sanctions on Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba, explains that hunger is more dangerous than any bomb imperialism could drop on the...
I came back from Cuba over last weekend, where I had not been for a year. Despite the warnings from the U.S. State Department and Marco Rubio, now is the time for U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba in solidarity with the Cuban people against the latest U.S. aggressions in the...
Cuba is currently facing what National Public Radio (NPR) called its worst economic crisis in decades, fueled by the U.S. blockade, diminished access to Venezuelan oil and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Power cuts, due to the lack of oil supplies, are common and can sometimes last up...
On May 20, the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, Raúl Castro. Allegations accuse him of murder and conspiracy to kill three U.S. citizens and one resident, stemming from the fatal downing in February 1996 of two planes by Cuban Air Force jets....
Díaz-Canel Characterized Blockade As Part of a “Tightened Siege” Resulting from An “Unjust International Order” On September 14, President Joe Biden announced the extension of the U.S. blockade of Cuba for another year, until at least September 14, 2024. In a memorandum directed to the Secretary of State and Secretary of...
The situation in Cuba is dire as the Trump administration ramps up its campaign to destabilize the country and destroy its revolution...
“El Bloqueo” (The Blockade) is what Cubans call it. It is a 60-year-old abomination. It is the U.S. embargo against Cuba.  Imposed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1962, the embargo has and continues to be an utter failure in its objective, that is, trying to fuel a counter-revolution...
While International Citizen Solidarity Is Strong for Cuba, Nations Turn Their Backs As 700 international solidarity citizens visited Cuba last weekend, Cuban-American Secretary of State Marco Rubio smirked at the humanitarian disaster his and Trump’s policies were wreaking on Cuba, a small island nation of around 11 million people only...
At a CovertAction Magazine webinar, experts explained the roots of the crisis, while encouraging people to build a campaign to educate the U.S. public and transform U.S. foreign policy While Donald Trump was touting his administration’s foreign policies in his State of the Union address on February 24, CovertAction Magazine...