US--Cuba-Russia Relations Oct. 28-2022

 Today's Headlines Are Disturbing!!

   For centuries US-Cuba Relations have been fraught with drastic tensions...since 1492 when Columbus discovered both the island of Cuba and then the nearby vast territory that later became the United States. Then in 1898, as the U. S. was flexing its muscle as a world power, the U. S. became the latest dominant imperative power in Cuba replacing Spain after the U. S. easily won the Spanish American War after its attack on Spanish forces in Cuba. And then in 1959 the tensions reached fever pitch when the Cuban Revolution shocked the world by defeating the U.S.-backed and Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship in Cuba. And now, on October 28th-2022, the world remains shocked that Revolutionary Cuba has managed, for over six decades, to somehow fend off daily attempts by the United States, the world's Superpower, to again dominate Cuba...as it essentially did surely from 1898 till 1959. And therefore it is interesting to see the Cuban headlines, shown above, that the world is studying today -- October 28th-2022...headlines that closely and particularly relate to 1492, 1898, and 1959.

    The most important worldwide Cuban headline today -- October 28th-2022 -- is the one shown above from the USA's top News Agency, The Associated Press: "CRISIS-STRICKEN CUBA CAUGHT BETWEEN ALLY RUSSIA, NEARBY U. S." As Russia's War in Ukraine roils the world today -- in October of 2022 -- it is pertinent that, especially since the 1950s, Russia and the United States remain the two world powers still most engaged in the "tug of war" regarding which foreign power controls Cuba. And yes, on October 28th-2022 the AP article used the phase "tug of war" to explain what the United States and Russia are still engaged in to decide who dominates Cuba.  

     The first three paragraphs from the AP today -- October 28-2022 -- reveals that the six-decade-old U. S. Embargo/Blockade of Cuba, which began in 1962 after the failed and infamous Bay of Pig U. S. military attack in Cuba, has reached its most devastating effect on Cuban families in October 28-2022. Please note the second AP paragraph shown above says: "It also once again thrust the Caribbean island into the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between its seaside neighbor, the United States, and ally, Russia." WONDERFUL!!! And when will the "tug of war" over Cuba finally end?? Maybe the answer is...when either the United Sates or Russia -- the world's two strongest nuclear powers -- destroy the world or at least destroy either the United States or Russia?????

    Of course, since 1962 the U. S. media -- including the AP article today on October 28th-2022 -- has failed to address the prime question regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations, and that is this: For over six decades most of the people in the United States and most people in the entire world are ashamed of the seminal worldwide image shown above, but a few rich and powerful people in the United States apparently have wanted it to continue for all these decades, and that is the reason it has continued decade after decade after decade!! WHY is that so? Perhaps one day the AP or some other U. S. media source might answer that burgeoning question.

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