Cuba instead? Trump ups pressure on Havana as Iran campaign stalls
Cuba instead? Trump ups pressure on Havana as Iran campaign stalls
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If Venezuela proved easier than Iran where Donald Trump’s still looking for a win, could that explain why the attention seems to be turning to Cuba? The United States last week dispatching its CIA director to Havana and offering aid, while its crippling blockade plunges the Communist island nation in the dark. We’ll ask about carrots and sticks in the latest in a long, very long list of pressure campaigns.
History’s littered by failed US attempts at regime change in Cuba, dating all the way back to 1959 and the revolution led by Fidel Castro – who would have turned 100 this year. We’ll ask our panel if this time’s any different for a regime that’s survived embargoes and the end of the Cold War, the decline of agriculture and sugar cane exports, successive waves of mass emigration. It’s the son of Cuban immigrants Marco Rubio who’s been front and center in this standoff. Just how much does the US Secretary of State’s push jibe with what citizens of Cuba want or need?
Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Juliette Brown, Charles Wente.
