On a rainy March 20th in 2016 U. S. President Barack Obama and his family arrived in Havana on a three-day visit that was designed to normalize relations with Cuba, starting with ending the deadly six-decade-old U. S. economic Embago-Blockade against the nearby island. The highlight of the trip was when President Obama spoke directly to the Cuban people on nationwide television and radio. And the highlight of that historic speech was when he made this promise: "Cuba Does Not Need To Fear A Threat From the United States." Of course, by the time President Obama flew back to the U. S. on Air Force One the more powerful Anti-Cuban forces in Miami and in Washington had already begun successfully to make a lie of Obama's sincere and brave sentence that is shown above. In case you missed that sentence shown above, here it is again: "Cuba Does Not Need To Fear A Threat From The United States.'
Of course, in 2016 President Obama and the world quickly leanred again that the Counter Revolutionary Cuban-Americans in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood have dictated the USA's Cuban policies since 1959, which was the year that the Cuban Revolution overthrew the U.S./Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship. And now in the first two weeks in 2025 the Miami-Little Havana Cubans such as Marco Rubio, the Diaz-Balart brothers, and Ileanna Ros-Lehtinen continue to have a firm grip on U. S. Cuban policies -- not Presidents such as the last three -- Obama, Trump, Biden. Now starting on January 20th in 2025 the second 4-year term as President for Donald Trump will once again permit Miami-Little Havana to tell him what to do regarding Cuba. That, of course, means that rich Little Havana Cubans in Miami will continue to benefit from the six-decade-old EMBARGO/Blockade that will continue to starve and deprive this latest generation of everyday Cuban families in Cuba.
The U. S. media, as reported by The Hill with the above headline in January of 2025, is busy reminding Americans what a wonderful government Batista's dictatorship was in the 1950s until the terrible Cuban Revolution overthrew Batista on New Year's Day in 1959. Below The Hill's typical pro-Batista/anti-Cuba propaganda is highlighted.
Most of the mainstream U. S. media, as usual, starts 2025 supporting the endless U. S. BLOCKADE/Embargo that starves, deprives, and makes miserable the families in Cuba while also enriching and empowering Cuban-American families in the Little Havana section of Miami. One of Washington's most notable media sources -- The Hill -- is just one example of the U.S. Media staunchly promoting the six-decade-old torment of everyday Cuban families in Cuba. Above the typical headline/article blared forth from The Hill in January of 2025 is the Headline/Article shown above: "Why a return to Obama-era policy on Cuba is a Big Mistake." In other words, The Hill in January in 2025 is promoting the continuous six-decade-old U. S. Blockade that has starved three generations of Cuban families in Cuba to appease the rich and politically powerful Cuban-Americans in the Little Havana section of Miami. Of course, the Gallup and other polls now report that very few Americans "trust" the Mainstream U. S. Media, but it still saturates the United States with whatever propaganda it chooses.
As you can see from the January-2025 headlines and photo from the London-based Reuters Worldwide News Agency, most non-U.S. media sources report accurately and honestly about conditions in Cuba. And, YES, most of the non-U. S. media considers the ageless U. S. EMBARGO/Blockade on Cuba as a prime example of a few rich people in a powerful nation being allowed to benefit from and profit from tormenting masses of vulnerable people in a much smaller and much weaker nation.
On January 20th in 2025 this photo and caption from American First posted this image of former Democratic President Barack Obama and former Republican President Donald Trump chapping amicably and wildly at the funeral of former Democratic President Jimmy Carter who died at age 100 this month. Since 1959, for the most part, in the U. S. two-party political system, Democratic presidents like Obama and Carter have tried to normalize relations with Cuba while Republican presidents such as Trump support starving Cuba in order to overthrow the Cuban Revolution that overthrew the U.S./Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship way back in January of 1959. To the glee of Cubans in Miami and to the fear of Cubans in Cuba, starting on January 20th in 2025 the new U. S. President will AGAIN be Donald Trump.
And, meanwhile, outside of Miami and Washington most of the world hopes for a United States that will "FREE CUBA."
While the U. S. media is not a good place to get honest news regarding U.S-Cuban Relations, there are some good U. S. sources, such as the two books shown above: "Havana Nocturne" by the great T. J. English and "Cuba Confidential" by the great Ann Louise Bardach. The greatness of these two books is clearly explained by the two very pertinent sub-titles shown above: "How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost it to the Revolution." and "LOVE AND VENGEANCE IN MIAMI AND HAVANA." In other words, propagandized Americans need to know how and WHY..."how the Mod owned Batista's Cuba and then lost it to the Cuban Revolution." And then of course American also need to know all about "Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana since January of 1959."
For sure...Cuba's extreme beauty, its extremely important location, its extreme potential, and its extremely interessting and intriguing history make Cuba an island and an nation that should be friends with its northern neighbor, the superpower United States. After all.....................................................
..................back in the 1940s and 1950s when ruthless dictator Fulgencio Batista very ruthlessly ruled Cuba, the United States allowed major U. S. companies to make vast fortunes in Cuba while the U. S. government and the U. S. media wildly pomoted Tourists with lots of dollars to visit Cuba's massive tourist attractions such as the beautiful Varadero Beach that is just a few miles south of Key West, Florida.
Well...in January of 2025 Varadero Beach -- "The World's Best Beach" -- is still a few miles due south of Key West, Florida. But since 1962 Cuba's northern neighbor, the United States, has used the EMBARGO/Blockade to starve Cuba's economy while HOPING that it will induce the Cuban people to overthrow their own revolutionary government. Of course, six decades later that hasn't happened but there is renewed hope in 2025 that the EMBARGO/Blockade {or something else} will finally starve Cuba into submission, and it might well finally happen in 2025...and if it does expect hordes of U. S. tourists and millions of U. S. dollars to again flood Varadero Beach.
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