Two Centuries of U.S. Contempt For Cuba

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“I do believe I’ll be . . . .having the honor of taking Cuba.”

– Donald Trump

Donald Trump tightened already suffocating sanctions on Cuba on May 1, at the same time as he made renewed threats to “take” the island as soon as he finishes committing the greatest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history in Iran. The new measure to heap further unmerited suffering on Cubans was justified on the laughable pretext that their government poses an extraordinary national security threat to the United States...