Cuba in mid-August is STILL resisting Rubio.

 

       Today is August 10th in 2026. Many months ago many experts were predicting that 95-year-old revolutionary icon Raul Castro and Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel were both expected to be victims of the anticipated Trump-Rubio "regime change" in Cuba. But, at the best, those two gigantic events seem to be on hold during this hot summer of 2026 for both the United States and Cuba.

       Since 2025 the U. S. under Trump and Rubio have severely tightened the USA's 7-decade-old economic embargo/blockade of Cuba, China and Vietnam are now drastically helping Cuba deal with acute power blackouts and food shortages. China is donating millions of solar panels to ease Cuba's power shortages while Vietnam has sent some of its agricultural experts and modern farm machinery to help Cuban farmers cultivate their own food, including tons of rice recently produced in Cuba.

      It was back in May of 2026, as shown above, that Todd Blanche, acting on behalf of the Little Havana/Cuban-Americans in Miami, shocked the world when he announced that the United States was indicting 95-year-old revolutionary icon Raul Castro and charging him with murders that happened thirty years ago in the Caribbean Sea between Miami and Cuba. At the startling news conference above Todd Blache was the acting U. S. Attorney General but since then he has, by a 50-49 vote in the Senate, been officially named Attorney General.

     Cuba's President since 2018, Miguel Diaz-Canel has tenderly embraced Raul Castro and strongly declared that neither he nor Raul Castro will leave their island and that they will fight to the death to defend themselves, their nation, and the Cuban Revolution that has ruled Cuba since January of 1959.

Cuba equates its island to Gaza as a target.

Miami-born Marco Rubio is the U. S. Secretary of State.

     In August of 2026 the Axios news group in Washington suggested that the ultra-powerful Marco Rubio might be facing a dangerous snake as he targets Cuba. In other words, defeating little Cuba might be easy but...THEN WHAT?

     It has been whispered around Washington that one smart aide at Marco Rubio's State Department has reminded him that the top imperative powers at the time -- the British, the French, and then the U. S. -- took turns trying to take over Vietnam but the Vietnamese somehow defeated all three of them. It has left both North and South Vietnam united now as one communist nation that is now a U. S. trading partner and also a nation that defies the U. S. as it tries to help Cuba.

    Since he was a teenager Raul Castro's beloved grandson Raulito has been the top bodyguard for his beloved grandfather Raul. Incredibly, it is now believed that Marco Rubio's State Department is considering Raulito as a possible new leader of Cuba and that Raulito has discussed that possibility with Rubio's State Department!!! 

Now 41 years old, Raulito is a force in Cuba.

Even the NY Times understands Raulito.

       Even Marco Rubio has been impressed when Rualito explains that he wants a "new economic path for Cuba." That path would include investments from rich Little Havana Cuban-Americans in the U. S. as well as major U. S. companies.

    It must be remembered that Raulito's grandparents are Raul Castro and Vilma Espin, two of the four most important people in the Cuban Revolution and later in Revolutionary Cuba. Believe me, while Raulito is negotiating with the U. S. about a new Cuba, he will never willingly allow anyone to abuse either the 95-year-old Raul or the grave in Santiago de Cuba of Vilma who died of cancer at age 77 in 2007. As shown above, during the revolution Raul and Vilma fought together as lovers and then got married in January of 1959 just a couple of weeks after the victory by the Revolution.

Yes, Revolutionary Cuba's "First Lady" was Vilma Espin.

      And, yes, this was Cuba's Big Four" during both the Revolution and in Revollutionary Cuba -- the four most important rebels and also the four most important decision-makers. Shown above from left to right are: Vilma Espin, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Celia Sanchez. Americans who deny this is/was Cuba's all-time "Big Four" are simply conveniently lying or grossly ill-informed.

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Miami-born Rubio's regime change in Cuba has slowed

      Now well into his second year as the ultra-powerful U. S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has surprised many by not yet  achieving his lifetime dream of overthrowing the Cuban Revolution that way back in 1959 overthrew the U.S.-backed/Mafia-backed Batista Dictatorship. Now 55 years old and born to Cuban parents in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, Rubio's has spent his entire adult life dreaming of regime change in Cuba, and now that he seemingly has the power to do so the key question is when? Well, at the start of August in 2026 there surely are other foreign entanglements slowing Rubio's Cuban plans but certainly not blocking them even as Cuba's revolutionary flag still waves over the vastly beautiful but troubled island.

       Today on August 3rd in 2026 the top Cuban Headlines as shown above continue to inform the world that Cuba's dire problems, direly exacerbated by the ever-tightening U S. sanctions on the island, reveal a weak but coveted nation that is ripe for the "take over" that U. S. President Donald Trump, Rubio's only boss, has famously predicted.

       While Marco Rubio was born in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood where he was mentored by lleana Ros-Lehtinen and many other Havana-born Cuban-Americans who were ultra-powerful opponents of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, most of the entire world and even many of the richest and most famous Cuban-Americans strongly disagree with Rubio/Ros-Lehtinen regarding Little Havana's treatment of the everyday Cubans who still in Cuba. Please note the quotations shown above.

    The great Brazilian artist Carlos LaTuff has produced the most famous international images of the endless U. S. EMBARGO that has surrounded CUBA since 1962. And, of course, it has been severely tightened by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio since January of 2025. Supposedly it was created at the behest of Little Havana Miami Cubans in 1962 to "starve, deprive, and make miserable" Cubans in Cuba to persuade them to rise up and overthrow their revolutionary governement after the 1961 Bay of Pigs military attack and well-known assassination attempts against Fidel Castro failed. The EMBARGO indeed has enriched and empowered certain Cuban-Americans in Little Havana/Miami, but it has mostly starved, deprived, and made miserable many generations of Cubans in Cuba. Now in August of 2026 apparently only a few extremists in Little Havana/Miami still support the internationally comdemned EMBARGO and the hope is that one of them is not Marco Rubio who now is the ultra-powerful U. S. Secretary of State.

     But still, Cuba continues to hang on. Above the island's longtime diplomat and U. S. expert Josefina Vidal welcomed Colombian President Gustavo Petro for his warm visit to Havana. Americans remember when Vidal tirelessly represented Cuba in negotiations with U. S. President Obama's administration that were aimed at normalizing relations between Cuba and the United States. During President Petro's visit this week, Vidal said, "Thank you, Mr. President. As you know, only the United States is Cuba's enemy. The rest of our neighbors and the rest of the world are our friends. But, f course, some leaders bow to pressure from the U. S. that hurts us." 

    The notable photographer Roberto Suarez took this photo this week from the nice, quaint hotel that looks over Vinales Valley that is a short, pleasant drive from Havana. It is one of the most scenic and most unique places in the world and welcomes tourists complete with trails that cater to hikers, bike-riders, riders on horseback, etc. Only  tight U. S. restrictions against Cuban tourism keeps away swarms of tourists from experiencing the wonders of Vinales Valley, which I experienced when I visited the island in 2004, and the memories I retain will never desert me.

     In this first week of August in 2026 the great Cuban photographer Roberto Suarez posted the two photos shown above on his Facebook page. His caption is: "These two photos were taken from room 24 in the Los Jazmines Hotel in Vinales Valley. For a few moments today, I want to remember this place that is uniquely Cuba's." Indeed, Roberto, I assure you that I have always remembered the Vinales Valley that I visited in 2004 and I still talk about the unique wonders I saw there.

       Above is the truly magnificent Five-Star Melia Cohiba Hotel in Havana, one of the dozens of 4-star and 5-star hotels across Cuba that have finally closed because the two Spanish hotel and resort giants Melia and Iberstar now expect only the U. S. hotel and resort giants will operate on the island after this year's expected regime change. This Melia Cohiba Hotel in Havana has 401 Five-Star rooms that presumably one of the American giants will now purchase with the anticipation of soon actually making a lot of money when and if tourists are allowed again to freely visit Cuba...as they did so freely during the U.S.-friendly Batista dictatorship back in the 1950s. Back on July 24th in 2026 the London-based Reuters News Agency reported: "Melia has ceased all operations of its 34 hotels in Cuba amid the hardening of U. S. sanctions."

      Realizing that the Trump-Rubio administration will likely orchestrate its Cuban regime change in 2026, both of the great Spanish hotel and resort chains, Melia and Iberostar, have finally closed dozens of their 4-star and 5-star hotels in Cuba. They assume U. S. and Miami hotel giants will soon fill the void catering to the top tourist attractions in Cuba. But in August in 2026 Cuba is trying to tell the United States that it wants U. S. and Miami businesses to invest in Cuba -- not to capture it!!!!

      The top Cuban diplomat Carlos de Hernandez Cossio wants U. S. investors and so does Cuba's also very powerful Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga. Both men are key Cuban negotiators and their messages to the U. S. State Department are very sincere.

Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga

      The famed explorer Columbus discovered Cuba in 1492 and then wrote in his diary that it was/is "the most beautiful land these eyes have ever seen," Since then the largest island in the Caribbean has fought revolutions against foreign nations. Cuba in the 1890s lost two revolutions against Spanish rule before Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution finally in 1959 defeated the US/Mafia-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. And so, now in 2026, Cuba is once again the underdog in its Evolution that is trying to save its sensational victory in the 1959 Revolution.

In 2026 some foreign aid reached Cuba, but not much.

      Mostly in 2026 Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has been left to wonder what U. S. President Donald Trump will do about his plan to "take over Cuba." And now into the month of August in 2026, many others are also wondering about that too.

      And, meanwhile, Cubans in Cuba such as Toranzo Perez are perhaps the most concerned about what their futures hold while U. S. & Cuban leaders contemplate Cuba's future for them. A few months ago the young, talented, and well-educated Toranzo was a very popular News Anchor on Cubavision International Television in Havana. Then starting in January of 2026 the Trump-Rubio government drastically tightened alreadiy extremely tight EMBARGO rules that have created shortages of food and medicine as well as energy power blackouts across the entire island. Now Toranzo no longer works for the financially depleted TV News station but is trying to create a small business that hopefully might be successful. Below is what Toronzo posted on his Facebook page about what has happened to his neighborhood in Havana, and what he posted is greatly sad for a great capital city.

Above is my amigo Lorenzo's Havana this week.

This is Lorenzo's new business.

       This is Toranzo and his son. Like generations of other Cubans on the island since 1959, these two have spent their lives loving their beautiful island and praying it is allowed to survive amid drastic and extremely biased sanctions exposed by the nearby superpower United States as well as mistakes by their own revolutionary government.

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July 2026 ends with NO "regime change" in Cuba!!

        A lot of things are happening around the world at the End of July in 2026 but closer to home in the United States and in the Caribbean many people are still waiting to find out what the USA's ultra-powerful and Miami-born Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to do about his lifelong and current "regime change" in nearby Cuba.

      Today on July 27th in 2026 Havana's notable and respected Educator and Computer Scientist Carlos Miguel Perez Reyes posted the above interview with Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel. The Cuban leader began with this insightful and optimistic thought: "Are we going to talk about Utopia?" In other words, President Diaz-Canel wanted to talk about a day when his Cuba would have normal relations with the nearby Superpower United States, meaning a relationship in which Cuba will be allowed to be finally free from seven decades of drastic U. S. sanctions, embargoes, and blockades that Diaz-Canel believes have been genocidal to generations of Cuba's everyday people.

      As indicated above, many Cuban-Americans disagree with Cuban-American Marco Rubio about how Miami and Washington have treated Cubans in Cuba since 1959.

      This month the poster above heralded one of the ongoing protests in which notable experts such as Dr. Helen Yaffe, the Professor from Glasgow, powerfully detailed how deeply the USA's Miami-powered Cuban policies have vastly enriched and empowered Cubans in Miami but "starved, deprived, and made miserable" Cubans in Cuba.

      The most ubiquitous journalist reporting from Cuba is Liz Oliva Hernandez and she sharply disagrees with Miami-born U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who says, "Cuba is a threat to the United States." Of course, Liz emphatically says, "Cuba is not a threat to the United States...period." 

      On January 1st in 1959 the Cuban Revolution shocked the world by overthrowing the brutal BATISTA DICTATORSHIP that was supported by the Mafia, the United States, and by dozens of the largest and richest U. S. companies. Certainly Revolutionary Cuba has had governmental problems but, yes, it can make a case that it has been better than Mafia dictator Batista. And many Cuban experts such as the Scottish professor Helen Yaffe has used notable speeches, seminars, and books to point out that, except for the many decades of deadly sanctions and other drastic actions by the colossal superpower United States since 1959, Cuba sincerely believes the island could have been financially secure if tourism and other money sources have not been blocked or tightly restricted by the United States.

Cuba is awash with cobalt and other valuable minerals.

The U. S. needs to help Cuba mine its valuable minerals.

Being optimistic, Cuba opened a new store in July, 2026.

     But Cuba, as it enters August in 2026, is abundantly aware that it will always have the Superpower United States as its northern neighbor. Moreover, as you can see above, the United States from its beginning 250 years ago, has literally graved owning or dominating Cuba. Thomas Jefferson, the greatest of America's Founding Fathers, by 1817 was proclaiming: "If we seize Cuba we will be masters of the Caribbean." And such proclamations in the U. S. have not ceased since then.

     Like Thomas Jefferson in 1817, Trump and Rubio in 2026 clearly crave Cuba. Listen closely to the 11-minute YouTube video shown below of Marco Rubio telling the U. S. Congress what the United States plans to do to both Venezuela and Cuba.

Both Cuba and the U. S. crave Cuba.

But Fidel's Revolution has ruled Cuba since 1959!!! 

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