US Tightens Grip Against Cuban Tourism

 

     This map points out that the Caribbean's largest island-nation of Cuba is surrounded by neighbors such as Florida to its north and the Cayman Islands to its south. The CAYMAN COMPASS this week published an article that says the United States Embargo of Cuba, which began in 1962, has been tightened in JULY of 2023 to further block Cuba's economy by punishing anyone that plans to visit Cuba to make sure that Tourism is not allowed to help Cuba's economic survival. This was {below} the latest headline in the CAYMAN COMPASS that explains the current U. S. efforts to starve Cubs, a process that began in 1962.

     The above CAYMAN COMPASS article written by James Whittaker explains that in JULY of 2023 the U. S. efforts to drastically tighten its Embargo against Cuba includes punishing tourists planning to visit Cuba by telling Tourist Agencies to inform anyone who plans to visit Cuba that they will face restrictions regarding their later travels to the United States.

     Of course, in the entire Caribbean only the nation of Cuba has been under a U. S. Embargo since 1962 that, among other things, blocks tourism to Cuba. Of course, prior to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 the U. S. lavishly promoted both Toursim to Cuba during the thieving Batista-Mafia dictatorship as well as massive investments/kickbacks by key U. S. companies in Batista's Cuba.

    As much as the U. S. loved Cuba and Batista in the 1950s, the U. S. has hated Cuba since 1959, the year the Cuban Revolution changed the island by ousting Batista/the Mafia/and/the U. S. on January 1st of 1959.

    Since 1959 the seminal classic Havana Nocturne by the great T. J. English has best chronicled "How the mob owned Cuba...and then lost it to the Revolution."

   Back in the 1950s the prime Batista-Mafia lures such as gambling, drugs, prostitution, etc., lured avalanches of tourists from the United States where massive promotions like the ones above saturated billboards, buildings, TV screens, etc. Even by 1958 as the Cuban Revolution was making major strides in capturing and holdings key towns and cities on its methodical treks to Havana, Mafia kingpin Meyer Lansky was using $12 million of his own money in 1958 to open a new and very famous Tourist Hotel in Havana.

     Meanwhile, while the United States media and government were lavishly promoting wild tourism in Batista's Cuba in the 1950s, the vile Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista was squired around Washington as a Caribbean hero, apparently because he was allowing top U. S. companies to partake in the vast financial spoils being so easily acquired in Batista's Cuba!!

     During the 1950s in Batista's-Luciano's-&-Lansky's Mafia-ruled Cuba, money and tourists from the United States were encouraged to flood the island...until the Cuban Revolution intervened on January 1, 1959.

     For the past six+decades -- including in JULY of 2023 -- Cuba's northern neighbor, which happens to be the strongest and richest nation in the world, has tried to limit money and tourism to the Caribbean's largest island. The CAYMAN COMPASS, in the little UK island-nation just south of Cuba, this week in late JULY of 2023, explains that the U. S. -- despite everything else that is happening in the U. S. and in the world -- is still massively involved in restricting tourism money from reaching Cuba, in rather stark contrast to how the U. S. treated Batista's Cuba back in the 1950s PRIOR to the Revolution.

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Little Havana's Anti-Havana Campaigns Heating UP

 And it has been HEATING UP since 1959!!

     Since January of 1959, when the Cuban Revolution overthrew the Batista-Mafia dictatorship in Cuba, Little Havana in nearby Miami has led a massive and ongoing campaign to overthrow Revolutionary Cuba. Little Havana since 1959 has mounted an unending two-pronged attack that combines directing both the U. S. Media and the U. S. government to support the "regime change" in Cuba. Incredibly...Little Havana's ultra-powerful campaign since 1959 to overthrow Havana has not yet been successful...but it is reaching new peaks, believe it or not, on JULY 17th of 2023!!

    As has been the case since 1959, the Miami Herald and a vast litany of its uncontested journalists such as Andres Oppenheimer have led the charge for Little Havana to revamp Havana and change the "regime" in Cuba.

    Today -- on JULY 17th of 2023 -- above is Andres Oppenheimer's blaring Editorial in the Miami Herald. In addition to easily dictating the U. S. views regarding Cuba for decades, it seems that Mr. Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald today are trying to dictate how the 27 nations of the European Union treat Cuba. The U. S., of course, doesn't talk to Cuba's President/"Dictator" Miguel Diaz-Canel and, for sure, Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald don't want any other nation to talk to him either.

     Above you can see the Top Cuban Headlines today -- on JULY 17th in 2023 -- and, of course, the massive Oppenheimer/Miami Herald headline leads the anti-Havana rampage on behalf of Little Havana.

Indeed, welcome to Little Havana USA!!

And welcome to this USA IMAGE since 1962!!

But Miami and Havana are neighbors!!

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THE 3 Nuclear Super-Powers All Eye Cuba!!!!

 Folks, is it posturing or Warlike??

    Folks, today is JULY 15th-2023. The photo above shows a Russian nuclear worship arriving this week in Havana Harbor!!

     Folks, this photo shows a nuclear-powered U. S.submarine that docked this week in mid-JULY of 2023 at the powerful U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo in Cuba!! As the United States is well aware, in recent days large and high-ranked delegations from Russia, China, and even Iran have visited Havana, apparently to court Cuba's political support during dire international conflicts.

    Above you can see the TOP Cuban Headlines flashing around the world on JULY 15th in 2023. Yes, the world is a bit worried about the Russian nuclear warship in Havana Harbor and the U. S. nuclear submarine in Guantanamo, Cuba.

As shown above, China also has a strong and growing nuclear submarine force and more-and-more China is the USA's prime economic and military competitor on the world stage.

    U. S. news media sources such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, etc., are publishing huge headlines regarding China more-and-more cozying up to Cuba as world conflicts and competitions between Superpowers simmer.

    And, yes, in recent days Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has been warmly photographed and headlined hosting key leaders from China, Russia, and Iran in Havana, but the two photos shown above this week reveal that mostly he is flying to other countries such as Europe's Portugal that borders Spain.

     As in other U.S.-friendly nations that he has recently visited, President Diaz-Canel has been given red-carpet treatment this week in Lisbon, Portugal.

     In Lisbon this week both the two Presidents and the two First Ladies were dear friends. This shows Cuba's First Lady Lis Cuesta receiving a bouquet of flowers upon her arrival at the airport in Lisbon.

     Since 1903, or five years since the U. S. easily won the 1898 Spanish-American War in Cuba, the U. S. has occupied Guantanamo Bay where it has an infamous prison but also a powerful Military Base and luxuries such as restaurants, a bowling alley, etc. In Mid-JULY of 2023 conflicts concerning the U. S., China, Russia, Iran, etc., have revived Cuba's claim that it wants and deserves to have the very valuable Guantanamo Bay returned and for Cuba to be adequately compensated for not having it since 1903. This week in JULY of 2023 what is the U. S. saying by having a nuclear submarine at Guantanamo? Maybe the answer will arrive soon?

    Meanwhile, Cuban President Diaz-Canel is receiving some interesting foreign leaders in Havana although he seems more interested in flying to other capital cities such as Lisbon to garner further  support for Cuban concerns such as...the U. S. Embargo/Blockade, Guantanamo Bay, etc.??????

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Some Truths About Cuba on July 13, 2023

 Uh...If You Don't Mind???

      Today -- on July 13th-2023 -- all the giddy U. S. headlines regarding Cuba, from the lavish Miami media to NBC News in New York, are screaming about the U. S. nuclear submarine docked at the U. S. Naval Base in Guantanamo!!! But above you at least should see today's massive article about Cuba's reaction to the situation by the Washington-based Democracy in the Americas.org website, a powerful advocate for friendly relations between Cuba and its northern neighbor, the United States.

    One thing Cuba has done since its shocking and victorious Revolution in 1959 is graduate talented television/radio journalists and also, somehow, devote a lot of time and expenses to presenting well-crafted daily broadcasts. Above are co-anchors on JULY 13th-2023 preparing to deliver a nationwhile Television Newscast. They, of course, mentioned the nuclear submarine at Guantanamo but by far their Top Story covered the latest foreign trip by Cuba's President and First Lady as they continue to garner support for things such as trying to finally end or ease the U. S. Embargo/Blockade of the island that started 6+-decades-ago in 1962 and Cuba says has been elevated to extreme starvation/deprivation situations by the last two U. S. administrations, Trump's and Biden's. It also happens that...Cuba is awash with one of the best and most sophisticated Television News operations in North America. So, today -- on JULY 13-2023 -- the images shown below are from Cuba's Newscasts showing their President and First Lady arriving today in yet another important foreign nation, this time Portugal.

     Yes, Cuba's very sophisticated Television Newscast today -- July 13th-2023 -- showed live coverage as it informed the Cuban people today that the Big Story was the trip to Portugal by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel and First Lady Lis Cuesta. The Cuban people are, of course, direly concerned with hoping that foreign pressure will finally compel the United States to end its stifling 6+-decade-old Embargo/Blockade of the island. And that's what the Cuban people want to see their President and First Lady trying to accomplish. And that's why this latest important trip to Portugal, not the nuclear U. S. submarine at Guantanamo, was the Top Story on Cuban Newscasts today.

     In fact, this month of JULY in 2023, one of Cuba's most popular Television News Anchors is shown making friends with Chinese children in Beijing. And, of course, Cuba's ultra-modern TV transmissions can cover such things.

   And, in fact, yesterday this image shows Cuba's two very popular Sportscasters -- Rogmary Garcia and Carlos Hernandez -- reporting from Barcelona, Spain where a Cuban team happens to be playing this week. The night before Rogmary and Carlos had watched the U. S. Major League All-Star Game from Seattle and they were verily impressed that Cuban-born players were so powerfully featured, especially the Chicago White Sox's Center Fielder Luis Robert who played for Cuba in the recent World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. In fact, apart from the great young superstar Luis Robert, other Cuban-born players were batting #3, #5, and #6 in the American League's All-Star Batting Order. In fact, Rogmary and Carlos -- holding the hat and bat -- are shown above in Barcelona gloating about Cuba's strong presence in the U. S. Major League All-Star Game in Seattle. And Rogmary and Carlos are abundantly aware that Cubans in Cuba want to hear about Baseball, not just about a U. S. nuclear submarine docked in Guantanamo.

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US Nuclear Submarine Docks IN CUBA'S Waters!!!!

And Should Anyone Be Concerned?? 

     The map above shows the location of the powerful U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It has been a thorn in Cuba's heart since 1903, which was five years after the U. S. easily won the 1898 Spanish-American War fought in Cuba. Today -- JULY 12th of 2023 -- Revolutionary Cuba is making international headlines once again about "the new U. S. threats and illegal provactions from its military hold on Cuban land at Guantanamo Bay." This time...Cuba is objecting to a U. S. nuclear submarine being docked at a key Cuban port.

     Along with the JULY 12-2023 Headlines shown above, this is an updated Associated Press aerial photo that shows some of the Cuban land and sea that the United States commands at Guantanamo, Cuba.

    The image above reveals the coverage on JULY 12th-2023 on Cuban Newscasts about the U. S. nuclear submarine now docked at Guantanamo Bay. Among other things, Cuba is saying that..."...the U. S. has over 70 other military bases in the region, including 13 major military bases including its Southern Command headquarters in nearby Florida. Also, the U. S. has nuclear submarines patrolling the Caribbean Sea and it doesn't need to dock a nuclear submarine in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay, except to further intimidate the Cuban people, which it has been doing since 1903 when it established its Military Base at Guantanamo and particularly since 1959 when the Cuban Revolution kicked other thefts and a host of other criminal activities out of Cuba."

       Above you can see what the Associated Press and the U. S. Defense Department is saying about the nuclear U. S. submarine being docked in Cuban waters at Guantanamo Bay: "A U. S. defense official told the Associated Press that a Navy submarine made a scheduled logistics stop at Guantanamo Bay...."

     When Cuba points out that "The United States has established more than 70 military bases in the region...", Cuba is stressing that the superpower U. S. military doesn't need its everlasting Military Base on Cuban soil at Guantanamo Bay, nor does the U. S. need to dock a nuclear submarine in Cuba "except to futher intimidate the Cuban people as well as scare other countries that the U. S. perceives as being friendly to Cuba." Cuba, of course, believes the nuclear U. S. submarine docked in Cuba is tied to the U. S. "perception" that China and Russia are cozying up to Cuba as tensions between the three nuclear Superpowers heighten in JULY of 2023.

      Indeed, in nearby Florida and on up the Eastern Coast the U. S. has numerous Military Bases, plus it has a powerful Caribbean Base in the U. S. Territory of Puerto Rico. Also the U. S. has its unmatched nuclear submarines patrolling the Caribbean Sea, etc. But since 1903 why has the U. S. needed a powerful Military Base in Cuba and on JULY 12th of 2023 why does the U. S. need to dock a nuclear submarine in Cuba??

    Yes, at its sprawling Military Base at Guantanamo, Cuba, the U. S. has State-of-the-Art facilities, such as the splendid airport shown above. Miami's U. S. Senator Marco Rubio and other second generation Cuban-Americans who have never been to "Cuba" have been know to fly to this gorgeous U. S. Airport at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

      The U. S. Military Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba also has nice Gift Shops, Restaurants, recreeation areas, etc., as well as an infamous Military Prison.

    And as of JULY 12th of 2023 there is a nuclear U. S. submarine docked at Gualntanamo Bay, Cuba. Of course, among Cuba's many objections about the U. S. Military Base at Guantanamo Bay since 1903, Cuba is not supposed to object to the United States docking a nuclear submarine at a key Cuban port.

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