Why Cuba Feels So Alone As the US Noose Tightens

April 22nd in 2026!! 

     For many years Jamaica has been Cuba's best friend and closest neighbor in the Caribbean and in the world. As headlines in late April in 2026 herald the eminent United States regime change in Cuba, now even Jamaica has bowed to strong pressure from the U. S. to stop supporting Cuba. And that "cave in" has deeply saddened the already sad existence of everyday Cubans on the Caribbean's largest island-nation.

     For many years little countries such as Jamaica and big countries such as Italy have thankfully benefited from Cuba's large stable of skilled doctors, all the while trying to defy the ever-tightening seven-decade-old U. S. economic blockade against Cuba that has existed since 1962. The blockade is designed to overthrow Cuba's revolutionary goverment but that has not yet happened although it has recently been sharply tightened by U. S. President Donald Trump and U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

      Born in Miami's Little Havana Florida neighborhood 54 years ago, Marco Rubio has spent his entire adult life trying to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. Groomed as a Florida politician by Little Havana counter revolutionaries such as Havana-born Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Havana-born Carlos Gimenez, etc., Rubio has always pointed a serious finger towards Cuba -- first in the Florida legislature, then in the U. S. Senate, and now as the ultra-powerful U. S. Secretary of State.

    In addition to his awesome power as Secretary of State, Marco Rubio also administers the massice United States Agency for International Development, which dishes out massive dollars to selected small nations. That, perhaps, adds to Rubio's massive influence on little nations -- including Cuba's best friend, Jamaica.

      The photo above sort of defines U. S.-Cuban Relations since 1959, which was the year the Cuban Revolution overthrew the US/Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship. In this photo U. S. President Donald Trump is doing what every U. S. President since 1959 has done, which is to sign laws that benefit Little Havana Cubans in Miami but are massively harmful to Cubans in Cuba. You may note that, in the signing ceremony shown above, Little Havana superstar Marco Rubio is in the center as he peers over President Donald Trump's shoulders. Whatever was signed into law above, it surely helped Little Havana Cubans and hurt Cubans in Cuba.

     I have lived a long life as a pro-democracy American. But I am ashamed that neither the U. S. government nor the U. S. media tells the truth about the two eternal U. S. laws shown above that have, therefore, been shoved down the throats of Americans for decades. The Cuba EMBARGO has shamefully existed since 1962 for the stated purpose, according to declassified U. S. documents, to "starve, deprive, and make miserable" Cubans on the island to induce them to rise up and overthrow their revolutionary goverment. The HELMS-BURTON LAW has existed since 1996 to drastically hurt Cubans on the island and to favor and enrich Cubans in Miami. Yes, the EMBARGO has existed since 1962 and the HELMS-BURTON Law has existed since 1996. And that means that generations of Americans have had neither the courage nor the decency to utter a peep about what this says about their country.

     And today -- on April 22nd in 2026 -- we learn that Jamaica, Cuba's close neighbor and best friend, has "caved in" to US/Rubio pressure not to be Cuba's friend. And, of course, since 1959 Americans have been programmed to not utter a peep.

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How Is the Media Covering Cuba's "regime change."

 Take a close look!!!

       Actually, the journalist best covering the impending "regime change in Cuba" is Liz Oliva Hernandez at Belly of the Beast, She tirelessly walks the streets from Miami to New York City to talk to Cuban migrants but mostly she walks the streets and byways of Havana and other areas in Cuba speaking to Cubans. Her coverage is more precise and unbiased than more renowned media sources...such as the Miami Herald, etc.

     Above on April 18th in 2026 are the top Cuban Headlines on major outlets, including the national U. S. newspaper USA Today, Miami Herald, etc. Since 1959 the U. S. media has basically only relied on Havana-born Cubans in Miami, such as the current U. S. Congressman and former Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez, for their opinions and information related to Cuba.

     Well, this is Liz Oliva Fernandez who works for Belly of the Beast in both the U. S. and especailly in Cuba. Her coverage in April of 2026 is, yes, tireless and precise. She spends most of her time with everyday Cuban families, especially the women. But, as shown below, she was also the first to report that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that "Cubans would fight to the death" after word evolved that Miami-born U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump were planning to finally overthrow the Cuban Revolution, which back on January 1st in 1959 overthrew the US/Mafia-backed Batista Dictatorship. Below is some of Liz's updated coverage of President Diaz-Canel in Cuba:

    Yes, as shown above, both journalist Liz Oliva Fernandez and Cuban President Diaz-Canel have very different views of things such as the Bay of Pigs than Miami Cubans such as Havana-born Carlos Gimenez, Miami-born Marco Rubio, etc., have. In April of 1961, after a record number of assassinations attempts on rebel legend Fidel Castro, the young U. S. President John Kennedy reluctantly permitted US-trained and supported Cuban exiles headquartered in Miami's Little Havana sanctuary to launch a air, land, and sea military attack to overthrow Castro. History confirms that the CIA and top U. S. military officers convinced Kennedy that Castro would run for his getaway airplane once he heard the U. S. bombs falling on Camp Colombia on the edge of Havana. Well, for sure, Castro heard the bombs falling on Camp Colombia. But he never had a getaway airplane. He raced for his jeep and bolted to the Bay of Pigs where he and his main confidant Celia Sanchez believed the anticipated US/Brigade 2506 ground attack would start. They were correct. From the frontlines, Castro within 72 hours had miraculously and soundly led the defense of Cuba. Later in his presidency a more mature and more knowledgble John Kennedy one famous day walked into his Oval Office and famously & loudly proclaimed, "If I could I would blow the CIA into smitherines!!!" And how, you ask, do we know that? Well, JFK famously had five of America's greatest speech-writers and historians on his presidential staff and it is from them that we know such truths. {You may Google all this information}.

     Meanwhile, back to current Cuban News from Liz Oliva Fernandez. As usual,    she reports on Cuban mothers on the island worrying about what the United States has in store for them in April of 2026. Right now they are worried about food shortages, medical deprivations, island-wide energy blackouts, and a U. S. military attack.

And one of the mothers worrying is a Castro.

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April 16, 2026: More Tragedy in Cuba!!!!

      Today -- on April 16th in 2026 -- Cuba's most trusted TV journalist, Lazaro Manuel Alonso, informed the island's citizens of another massive tragedy. One of the most unique and most beautiful areas in Cuba and in the world, the province of Pinar del Rio, is on fire. Lazaro has over 315,000 follows on Facebook alone and his TV plus Social Media journalism lately has mostly involved extreme reports on the tightened seven-decade U. S. blockade, a possible U. S. military attack, food & medicine shortages, island-wide electricity blackouts that plague homes and hospitals, etc. But today his news told the Cuban people about the horrific fires!!!

     These tragic fires today are ravaging one of Cuba's and the world's most beautiful and most unique places -- Pinar del Rio Province that is home to Vinales Valley. That Province and that Valley are a short and scenic drive southwest of Havana and, if the U. S. Blockade would allow it, the area would again be a huge tourist attraction.

      Just north of the city of Pinar del Rio, the 10th largest city in Cuba, is the gorgeous town of Vinales that is the gateway to the incomparable Vinales Valley. In 2004 when I visited Cuba I was astounded by Vinales, which remains the most beautiful area I've ever seen. I am now 85 years old and I lived in Wyoming for 18 years, which has many beautiful jewels but none as beautiful and unique as Vinales Valley.

      So, for sure, it pains me today to learn about Lazaro Manuel Alonso's reports on the fires ravaging the province of Pinar del Rio and Vinales Valley.

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Cuba's President Diaz-Canel is on Meet the Press

"He indicates he will...fight to the death!"

Cuba's President and the US threat.

        Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has told Kristen Welker of NBC News that he will fight to the death against U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's suggestion that he leave Cuba. He says, "I am willing to give my life for the revolution."

     Despite being deeply in the US-Iran War and other historic news, the U. S. jounalist keeping the U. S. and the world updated about U. S. plans to finally create the long-awaited and anticipated regime change in nearby Cuba is Kristen Welker. She is the top journalist at NBC News. As the anchor on Meet the Press, the longest and most iconic News or Television Program in history, two Sundays ago she provided Cuba's Deputy Premier Carlos Cossio a half-hour to express the island's now very dangerous relations with the United States. Tomorrow -- on Sunday, April 12th, 2026 -- she will interview Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Meet the Press. Already this week, while in Havana she spent a lot of time with the Cuban President. Thus, NBC on its nightly primetime news program that got more than six million viewers, Kristen Welker's interview with President Diaz-Canel was aired across the U. S. and also picked up by major networks around the world...even on YouTube. Below is a 7-minute clip from her interview with Diaz-Canel. Watch and listen:

      One thing for U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to know is that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel is very popular on the island IF not in Rubio's hometown of Miami. He is 65-years-old and he often is shown working with Cubans, most of whom love him. He was born on April 20th in 1960, which was AFTER the victory by Fidel Castro's Cuban Rovolution on January 1st in 1959 that overthrew Cuba's US-backed/Mafia-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. All of his life Diaz-Canel has worshipped Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. He was Cuba's longtime Education Minister before becoming President in 2018. This week -- the second week in April in 2026 -- he told NBC's Kristen Welker that he "will give my life for the revolution."  He apparently means it. Moreover, he believes that millions of Cuba's ten million people will support him.

Tomorrow on Meet the Press Cuba's President speaks.

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