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Blockade, blackmail, invade: Is the US preparing a military attack on Cuba?

RT News · · 1241 words · By Tarik Cyril Amar
Cuban Sovereignty Regime Change US Imperialism
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“In the post-World War II period, they have been the victims of both economic warfare – via sanctions, embargoes, and blockades – and direct military attack... Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Panama, Syria, and Yugoslavia.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Cuba and the Spanish-American War, or unrelated wars (Iran-Iraq). There is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming that all listed countries (Dominican Republic, Grenada, etc.) were subjected to both economic warfare and direct military attack by the US in the post-WWII period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Cari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cuban War of Independence, fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, following the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_War_of_Independence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish–American_War
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“anonymous ‘intelligence’ sources have told us that Cuba has around 300 drones and plans to use them for attacks on American targets, including the US base... at Guantanamo Bay and even Florida”
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Multiple independent web search results report that US intelligence claims Cuba has acquired over 300 drones and is discussing plans to attack US targets, specifically mentioning Guantanamo Bay.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Cuban crisis is an oil shortage and economic crisis taking place in Cuba. It is being caused by an American fuel blockade. Due to the blockade, Cuba has ran out of diesel and oil. The blocka…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre), or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confront…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was established in 2002 by President George W.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
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“Russia, China, and Iran have also been fingered as accomplices of those dastardly Cubans.”
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While web search results for claim 4 mention Cuba acquiring drones from Russia and Iran, the specific claim that Russia, China, and Iran are 'accomplices' in planned attacks is not independently corroborated by multiple sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen coun…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — 21 hours ago · Russia is a land of superlatives. By far the world’s largest country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest. It extends across the whole of northern Asia an…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 hours ago · Russia launched nuclear-capable missiles and issued nuclear munitions to some units on Thursday as part of major nuclear exercises amid heightened tensions with NATO over the Ukraine wa…
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia/
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“Axios... has recently been at the center of a scandal involving insider trading manipulations around US President Donald Trump and his assault on Iran as well as reporter Barak Ravid and his long background in Israeli intelligence.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Axios and Donald Trump, but no evidence regarding a scandal involving insider trading manipulations by Axios or Barak Ravid related to Iran.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Don…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American far-right political commentator, live streamer, and influencer. He hosts the livestreamed show America First, where he has advanced white …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fuentes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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“The Cuban authorities have, of course, denied the American smears.”
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Web search results explicitly mention that Cuba's president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, warned of a 'bloodbath' and denied the drone claims, characterizing them as US smears/reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cuban thaw (Spanish: deshielo cubano, pronounced [desˈʝelo kuˈβano]) was a normalization of Cuba–United States relations from July 2015 to June 2017, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_thaw
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Modern diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States are cold, stemming from historic conflict and divergent political ideologies. The two nations restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United States embargo has prevented U.S. businesses and citizens from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1960. Modern diplomatic relations are cold, stemming from historic confl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_…
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“the US assaults on Iraq (2003) and now Venezuela and Iran have demonstrated that... brazen lies (WMDs, a nuclear weapons program, drug trafficking...)”
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Multiple sources confirm the US used WMD claims as justification for the 2003 Iraq invasion (Wikipedia, Web Search). One source explicitly draws a parallel between WMDs in Iraq and drug trafficking claims in Venezuela.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effectiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iraq actively researched weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and used chemical weapons from 1962 to 1991, after which its chemical weapons stockpile was destroyed and its nuclear weapons program and its…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the United States-led Iraq Survey Group (ISG) failed to find any of the alleged stockpiles of weapons of mass destru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMD_conjecture_after_the_2003_…
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“the US Justice Department charging former Cuban President Raul Castro over the downing of two small planes more than a quarter of a century ago”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US Justice Department has charged Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of two civilian planes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Justice Dept. Charges Former Cuban President in Fatal Downing of Planes.Fidel Castro took responsibility for downing the planes shortly after they were brought from the sky, claiming that the organiza…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/raul-castro-cuba-doj-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the 1996 downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida. The case unveiled on Wednesday ac…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r219yxl5eo
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web search NEUTRAL — Justice Department. DOJ indicts Raúl Castro over fatal 1996 civilian planes’ shooting. The 94-year-old former president of Cuba was head of the military when two small airplanes from Brothers to the R…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/raul-cas…
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“The Trump regime has also issued a threat to do to Cuba, in essence, what it did to Venezuela... where it kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that on January 3, 2026, US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nicolás Maduro Moros[f] (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who has served as the 53rd president of Venezuela since 2013. On 3 January 2026, US forces captured M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro
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web search NEUTRAL — Jon Stewart dives into the Trump administration’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump's collusion with oil companies to exploit Venezuela...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDSzUfMZRHE
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web search NEUTRAL — Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport as he heads towards the US Courthouse in Manhattan to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspi…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyndnqqey5o
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“the head of the CIA... offer of “assistance””
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No evidence was provided or found regarding an offer of assistance from the head of the CIA to Cuba.
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“Trump has now called Cuba, a “failed nation.””
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No evidence was provided or found to confirm that Donald Trump called Cuba a 'failed nation'.
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“Its president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, has warned Washington that an invasion attempt would encounter massive resistance and produce a “blood bath.””
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