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Washington Signals Major Move on Cuba plus Gun Rights Groups Win Major Free Speech Victory in CA
1. Cuba: Economic Collapse Framed as Proof of “Maximum Pressure” Cuba is experiencing a severe economic and energy crisis, highlighted by nationwide blackouts, fuel shortages, food scarcity, and mass emigration. These conditions are attributed not to internal governance failures, but as the intended and successful outcome of U.S. sanctions under Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy. Cuban leadership is: Publicly defiant and authoritarian Privately desperate and negotiating with the U.S. Cuba faces only two outcomes: Capitulation to U.S. demands for reform…
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