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#RightNow. Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves is sweeping the floor with the Cuban regime.

"Take your diplomats out of here... enough already, it's time to clean the hemisphere of communists."

Announcement of the closure of the Embassy in Havana.

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X translates it, sorry. Havana is dealing with diplomatic setbacks in the hemisphere for the first time in a while (not involving the US directly but I suspect Rubio etc. are pressuring countries to do this).

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The Cuban regime responds after the announcement of the closure of the Costa Rican Embassy in Havana... they claim it is a decision taken "under pressure" from the U.S.

It is the second diplomatic setback for the regime in just a few days after seeing its officials expelled from Ecuador.

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I read last night that the Russians are sending oil/gas (Sea Horse and Kolodon specifically) to Havana, unfortunately. They might get there in 5-10 days or so I guess.

Tankers Appear Cuba Bound as Russia Vows Support Against External Pressure https://t.co/FiaKxWoKaG #maritime #maritime-news

— Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ (@mercoglianos) March 19, 2026

theu have no chance of supplying Cuba's daily needs; this is a prop show from a fallen empire

Agreed. They are also 'shadow fleet' ships I think so maybe we interdict them, though I am not sure that is real likely at this point. We don't want even the hospitals in Cuba to go dark (and are seeking Russian cooperation in global oil/gas markets of course).

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Agreed. They are also 'shadow fleet' ships I think so maybe we interdict them, though I am not sure that is real likely at this point. We don't want even the hospitals in Cuba to go dark (and are seeking Russian cooperation in global oil/gas markets of course).

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Have you ever seen footage of the hospitals inside Cuba? Electricity is only one of their worries. With the exception of the hospital in the Miramar neighborhood of Havana (it serves govt officials, diplomats, and some foreigners) they don't even have medical supplies for basic procedures. They operate on a BYOS (Bring Your Own Supplies) policy. Cuban-Americans send supplies to family members so they can receive even minimal care. There are medication shortages and some procedures are even done without pain medications, etc. One night we walked by one of the hospitals close to the Malecon, and the building looked like something out of a horror show. It was probably one of the most disturbing things we saw in Havana.

It is a complex situation with a lot of contributing factors, but the "Revolution" definitely triggered most of them.

Sea Horse turned away but Kolodin apparently still cruising toward Cuba from Russia in the Atlantic.

The SEA HORSE isn't the first tanker to turn back from Cuba under U.S. pressure. A month ago, the OCEAN MARINER reversed course on its own — before the U.S. Coast Guard even reached it. https://t.co/K9qrHlEz76

— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) March 19, 2026

Long thread.

Maximum pressure! This was likely the last gasp effort for the Orcs at helping their old allies.

I read this today in an otherwise garbage piece/article:

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Cuba, which is already beleaguered with an obsolete and fragile power system, saw its grid collapse under the weight of the weekslong oil blockade. The Caribbean island nation's energy system uses about 100,000 barrels of oil a day to power aging and 'decrepit' thermal power plants that the country received from the former Soviet Union.

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Communists are so utterly pathetic at running anything at all.

The Economist of course can't help but flash their TDS credentials here but the airline cancellations I'd like to see quantified at this point. Why would anyone want to go vacation there right now, when it's less than 50/50 you'd even have electricity?

'America’s clearest aim is economic. The outline is vague but likely to include giving American firms access to energy, ports, tourism and telecoms. Mr Trump has coveted Cuba’s hospitality market for decades' https://t.co/hM1uFAzopK

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) March 20, 2026

I'm not going to go into great detail today but the Code Pink et al. Propaganda tour in/around Havana this weekend is likely related to National Network on Cuba, an NGO we of course have paid for, for many years.

National Network on Cuba has a member of US organizations that readers of my feed will find familiar -- including Code Pink, Alliance for Global Justice, Democratic Socialists for America, and of course, Armed Queers of SLC. pic.twitter.com/29KmGEuZVu

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) September 16, 2025

Obama, patron saint of subversive communists globally, started cultural mission trips with Cuba in April 2016 after his own pilgrimage to honor the Castro regime. More at the thread.

Another nationwide blackout in Cuba overnight:

And now, the wait for an actual U.S. military operation against Cuba begins.

It's been pretty clear for some time the Trump intends to achieve regime change in Cuba as one of the last steps of securing the western hemisphere as being largely America-friendly. This would allow… https://t.co/pRcjFnAveS

— AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 (@AMK_Mapping_) March 22, 2026

🇨🇺 Cuba is facing a total blackout. Again

On the eve, the country’s Ministry of Energy announced another nationwide power outage.

People are struggling to survive — food is spoiling in refrigerators, there’s no communication or internet. Classes in schools and universities are… pic.twitter.com/NayxomidZt

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 22, 2026

But don't worry everyone, the state hotel with the Code Pink sympathizers is still powered by a generator. Nothing around it though.

The net positive over getting this Cuba thing straightened out and opened up will be the availability of 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air bodies and full running cars that will enter the market.

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The net positive over getting this Cuba thing straightened out and opened up will be the availability of 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air bodies and full running cars that will enter the market.

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And then the Boomers will drive up the cost of those because of their demand for them.

F'ing boomers f'ing us AGAIN!!!!!

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Agreed. They are also 'shadow fleet' ships I think so maybe we interdict them, though I am not sure that is real likely at this point. We don't want even the hospitals in Cuba to go dark (and are seeking Russian cooperation in global oil/gas markets of course).

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Have you ever seen footage of the hospitals inside Cuba? Electricity is only one of their worries. With the exception of the hospital in the Miramar neighborhood of Havana (it serves govt officials, diplomats, and some foreigners) they don't even have medical supplies for basic procedures. They operate on a BYOS (Bring Your Own Supplies) policy. Cuban-Americans send supplies to family members so they can receive even minimal care. There are medication shortages and some procedures are even done without pain medications, etc. One night we walked by one of the hospitals close to the Malecon, and the building looked like something out of a horror show. It was probably one of the most disturbing things we saw in Havana.

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Are you saying that government healthcare in a communist country is not up to par? I'm surprised by this.

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has someone asked Bernie Sanders about this?

🚨 China Is About to Lose Its Cuban Military Bases 🇺🇸

And there is nothing the CodePink Bolshevik, Jihadist Marxists can do about it, even Jodie Evans, tech millionaire, husband Neville Roy Singham is defenseless!

Friends of Havana blame the U.S., but the Trump administration… https://t.co/dHH4rwjcSH pic.twitter.com/nQ2BqCls6v

— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) March 24, 2026

I saw yesterday that the elder Castro had to be evacuated from his home by the military due to protestors.

Apparently Michael Jackson is alive and well in Havana and chillin' with Fidel's grandson…

I saw this posted last night;

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#Now. Daz-Canel confirms that Ral Castro and his inner circle are directing the negotiations with the U.S.

He states that he is unaware of what the demands of the Trump administration are, but that he would be willing to discuss investments on the island.

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I am curious who is really handling the negotiations on the Cuban side. I suspect it is not Canel-Diaz, but rather Ral Guillermo Rodrguez Castro (nicknamed "El Cangrejo" (The Crab)). He's the youngish party guy who likes to spend money etc. This might be creating some of the discord with the Canel-Diaz faction we've seen over the past week.

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Oscar Prez-Oliva Fraga Ral Castro's 55-year-old great nephew has shot to power since emerging from obscurity several years ago. He became minister of Cuba's influential Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment in May 2024 and was appointed the island's deputy prime minister in October.

By contrast, Ral Guillermo Rodrguez Castro Ral Castro's grandson has never occupied a government post, having served as his grandfather's bodyguard and later as head of Cuba's equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service. He has long been known as "Raulito," or "Little Ral" and is new to the spotlight cast on high-ranking government officials.

But he made news last month when he secretly met on the sidelines of a Caribbean Community summit in St. Kitts with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At the time, Rubio refused to say who he was speaking to in the Cuban government.

"The role Raulito is playing right now is the connection between Ral Castro and whoever is on the U.S. side," said Sebastin Arcos, interim director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. "He enjoys the absolute trust of Ral Castro."

But, Arcos and other experts argue, even should someone with the Castro pedigree take the presidency, little is likely to change.

"Party leadership doesn't mean anything in Cuba," Arcos said. "The party is just a hollow faade. The real power resides in the military, under Ral Castro."

The 94-year-old remains at the helm as general, appears at key events and is considered the most powerful person in Cuba, a country subject to more than six decades of absolute rule, first by revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, and then for the past decade, his younger brother Ral.

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I think things could in fact change fairly rapidly, but would love to see anything confirming my hunches.

Conservatives should use Cuba as an example more than we do. It's the perfect case study of what life is like under communism/Marxism. Conservative professors should teach this in the university.

Yes. And hopefully charges against these sorts of scum bags;

Good https://t.co/xPhcTmT18L

— Supernova💫01 (@Su93rNova) March 26, 2026

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Conservatives should use Cuba as an example more than we do. It's the perfect case study of what life is like under communism/Marxism. Conservative professors should teach this in the university.

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"Cuba would be a virtual paradise if it weren't for American sanctions through the years!" [\leftists]

the more important question from much of the Trump Administration should be:

"how long until wealthy American males can safely enter Havana and date beautiful Cuban women?"

Denying entry to a citizen would be an issue the left would love to jump on. In all seriousness though, I think Marco seems...optimistic here in his tone/demeanor.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Marco Rubio takes NO BS from the Fake News 🔥🔥

"All these 'sources' on Cuba DON'T KNOW JACK."

"They don't know WHAT THE HELL is happening!"

"Where, you said 'there's a sense?' Where do you get that sense? No, no, NO. ANY reporting on Cuba you didn't get from me… pic.twitter.com/Hg93fvas1X

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2026

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Denying entry to a citizen would be an issue the left would love to jump on. In all seriousness though, I think Marco seems...optimistic here in his tone/demeanor.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Marco Rubio takes NO BS from the Fake News 🔥🔥

"All these 'sources' on Cuba DON'T KNOW JACK."

"They don't know WHAT THE HELL is happening!"

"Where, you said 'there's a sense?' Where do you get that sense? No, no, NO. ANY reporting on Cuba you didn't get from me… pic.twitter.com/Hg93fvas1X

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2026

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I don't think I've ever done a 180 on a politician like I have Rubio in a positive direction. There is a LONG list of politicians who I initially liked who turned out to be compete losers (eye patch most recent example).

He went from this nervous dork with no real backbone in his policy positions:

To a complete bad ass in like 10 years.

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He was the candidate I supported in 2016...

Dam- Marco letting the media have it - he's not playing around w the media anymore

He's quite incredible imho.

There is NO blockade of naval ships around Cuba!

There is no longer a Soviet Union or Maduro regime to give fuel for free and incompetent, corrupt communist government can’t pay for it….so there are blackouts. https://t.co/elM6mBpUss

— Ambassador Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) March 27, 2026

ETA LOL:

NOW - Trump: "Cuba is next, by the way. But pretend I didn't say that, please." pic.twitter.com/At31aFe6So

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 27, 2026

(Sigh)

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Leftist are perfectly fine with the lifestyle of poor cubans. It's what they want for the u.s. as well.

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Amen. And those idiots will confiscate from the poorest of us all to feed themselves, unless there is push back!

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Denying entry to a citizen would be an issue the left would love to jump on. In all seriousness though, I think Marco seems...optimistic here in his tone/demeanor.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Marco Rubio takes NO BS from the Fake News 🔥🔥

"All these 'sources' on Cuba DON'T KNOW JACK."

"They don't know WHAT THE HELL is happening!"

"Where, you said 'there's a sense?' Where do you get that sense? No, no, NO. ANY reporting on Cuba you didn't get from me… pic.twitter.com/Hg93fvas1X

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2026

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I don't think I've ever done a 180 on a politician like I have Rubio in a positive direction. There is a LONG list of politicians who I initially liked who turned out to be compete losers (eye patch most recent example).

He went from this nervous dork with no real backbone in his policy positions:

To a complete bad ass in like 10 years.

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He's leared a lot. He's doing a good job of first assessing the veracity of the media's question before responding. Perfect approach to handle the media in 2026

Any US policy toward Cuba must include taking possession of the regime’s security and intelligence services - all physical resources, personnel, archives, agent networks, operational files - everything.

Biggest counterintelligence coup since World War II. @FBIDirectorKash

— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) March 31, 2026

Cuban counter-intelligence has long been very effective vs. what they spend on it, imho. It's a quite real target, imho.

Mexico's Sheinbaum presidente has indicated she is going to ship more fuel oil to Cuba, apparently in defiance of Trump (presumably her drug cartel bosses gave the order). Will just have to see when that crosses Trump's radar screen what his reaction will be.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump says he will hit Iran HARD if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened, and a deal isn’t reached

“In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward to its next Conquest.“ 🔥

Cuba is next! pic.twitter.com/YNIMpeW71j

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 9, 2026

'Looking forward to it's next conquest.'