'Why Regime Change in Cuba Is Imminent and We Should Be Worried'
"Latin America is empire’s favorite backyard, where the United States has consistently moved to remove governments that pursue independent foreign and economic policies not in line with American interests. From the ouster of Guatemala’s Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 to the CIA-backed overthrow of Chile’s Salvador Allende in 1973, the region bears a long scar map of US interference."
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"Anti-Cuba narratives have served American presidents well when it comes to securing political capital. For Trump, this is an opportunity to reassert US power and influence in the region, as he has stated himself: 'Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years. It looks like I’ll be the one that does it.' And most importantly, the move speaks directly to his voter base in Florida, which has a large and politically powerful Cuban-American population."
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"More than Trump though is the role and influence of Marco Rubio. A Cuban-American born in Miami, Rubio has crafted his entire political identity around the promise of a free Cuba."
"He opposed former President Barack Obama’s 2014 decision to restore diplomatic relations with Havana more loudly than almost any other politician in Washington, swearing to do 'everything possible' to obstruct and reverse that policy. He pushed successfully to reverse it under Trump’s first term and has consistently lobbied for tighter sanctions, stricter travel restrictions, and maximum pressure on the island and in 2024 introduced legislation to ensure Cuba remained on the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list."
Article at link:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/regime-change-cuba-worried
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