What Cubans Are Saying

The Government, The PEOPLE!!

      On the island of Cuba, both the government and the everyday citizens believe a Caribbean and Latin American War is inevitable. They believe they will lose the war and be forced to revert to a "guerrilla-style second revolutionary effort, one that will last much longer than Fidel's 1952-1959 Revolution." The Cuban mother who posted that comment on her social media page was reflecting the common views of the common Cubans. They believe that the latest post-Obama anti-Cuban Republican administration in Washington is "the most dangerous and the most corrupt of the U. S. administrations since 1952." The 1952 date refers to the year Cubans believe the U. S. sicced the Mafia on Cuba. They believe the Perfect Storm that has evolved today involves an incompetent and harassed President, Donald Trump, and three vicious anti-Cuban zealots anxious to take advantage of that situation -- Marco Rubio, Mike Pompeo, and John Bolton. The Cuban mother and the majority of other everyday Cubans on the island are convinced that Trump's "strings" are being pulled by Rubio, Pompeo, and Bolton. And they believe that the quartet depicted above is "willing" to launch a Latin American War to regain control of Cuba, a war that will "begin with the demise of Cuba's regional allies," meaning Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia. And Cuban citizens do not believe that their three most powerful international allies -- China, Russia, and Vietnam -- will risk an all-out war against the United States to protect Cuba.

     Both everyday Cubans -- who are now very active across the social media platforms -- as well as the Cuban government believe that Senator Marco Rubio is "wickedly in charge of directing the anti-Cuban Latin American War," meaning President Trump "for reasons unknown now" feels totally obligated to do "whatever" Rubio tells Trump to do. And all levels of Cubans on the island believe Rubio's "blind obsession" is for Miami Cubans to regain control of Cuba. They wonder, beyond Miami's powerful political influence on Republicans, if "Rubio knows something that scares Trump, and could reveal it."

     Cubans believe that earlier this week at the White House, Rubio told Trump to begin Venezuelan President Nicolas Madura's demise by recognizing anti-Cuban Juan Guaido as the President of Venezuela. Trump, of course, did that and, because of the dire economic and political turmoil in Venezuela, plenty of nations, including Canada, support that move with only China, Russia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Turkey among major nations opposing it. 

      With Rubio "treating" Trump much like a puppet as far as Cubans on the island believe, Juan Guaido actually took the oath of office as Venezuela's new President. Then Trump ordered the Federal Reserve to direct all Venezuelan assets to Guaido. A top Cuban journalist who speaks for the government, Sergio Alezandro Gomez, wrote in the state media: "There is nothing better than a conflict abroad to ease the internal scandals of the United States. And there are signs that Venezuela could be the next victim of that maxim of the American political system." Gomez successfully preaches that finishing off Venezuela financially is aimed at finishing off Cuba financially, making it easier to execute regime-changes in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia...with the U. S. Southern Command poised in Brazil to initiate the military aspects of "what is going on."

     Meanwhile, Cubans...both the government and everyday citizens..."are sad" that Canada "the friend we need is supporting Rubio against us." Cubans also are aware that former Cuba allies such as Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, etc., now have U.S.-friendly right wing or conservative governments that do "Rubio's bidding" but Cubans are most disappointed that Canada "is also abandoning us, the Cubans that President Justin Trudeau's dad Pierre loved so much."

     And meanwhile, both the Cuban government and everyday citizens are also absorbed with preparing for a "Si"..."Yes"...vote on February 24th to enact the island's first new "Reform Constitution" that will replace the old 1976 Constitution. "We need the market reform that our new Constitution will mandate," said the everyday Cuban mother on her social page. "Rubio, as long as Trump is in office, will isolate us more and more before taking the next step to conquer us. We will guerrilla-fight, you know, but till then we are mostly concerned with the new Constitution that our new Presidente Miguel wants too."

     And so, while the mainstream U. S. media and U. S. citizens are mostly obsessed with Trump's pending impeachment and other such topics, Rubio...Cubans believe...has full clearance to start a Latin American War as a key component of reclaiming Cuba to appease the Counter Revolutionary zealots in Rubio's hometown, which they know is Little Havana in Miami. But that Cuban mother active on social media is trying to concentrate, as above, on continuing to study that Constitution Reform that she hopes will take effect starting February 24th, 2019. "Actually," she says, "what Rubio is being allowed to do in 2019 is nothing new for us. Since 1959, whether it's war or terror directed from Miami and supported by the Superpower, we are accustomed to all that. And we still have to try to live, while not capitulating to foreigners."

Yes, Cubans active on social media THINK Venezuela IS NEXT.
MEANWHILE:

    Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, after meeting with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas this week, said Russia will "totally upgrade" Cuba's aged national airline. He noted that, because of the U. S. embargo, Cuba is unable to purchase or lease any airplanes with U. S. components or connections. In May of 2018 on the edge of Havana a 39-year-old Boeing 737 leased from Mexico, on an internal Cuban flight, crashed and killed 112 of the 113 people on board. Borisov also said Russia will team with Spain and China to "drastically upgrade" Cuba's railway system. Russian locomotives have already begun to arrive at Cuban ports. Cabrisas told Borisov, "Our President Miguel Diaz-Canel's top two priorities are improving our economy and improving our transit system."

Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas.

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