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Caribbean resorts are chomping at the bit for Cuba to open to capitalism.

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That is actually one of the reasons, in the last 30-40 years, that Mexico has been so supportive of Cuba. Lot better if most gringos can't go there.

Most folks don't know, but Cancun is man made, the sand was even brought in from Veracruz. it was a totally planned development whose initial intent was to be a Cuba like attraction to the US, sans gambling. Quintana Roo wasn't even a Mexican state until 1974/5, it was just a territory with limited MexFed presence. 2/3rd of the US population lives closer to Cuba than to Cancun or the Mexican Caribbean.

Cuba opens up and develops it will come right outta the back pocket of Cancun and that whole deal the Mexicans created down there. Punta Cana has hurt them as well.

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There's a long and tortured history to the case: The company obtained $110 million judgments against four cruise companies, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, and Carnival Corp., but a federal appeals court tossed them, saying the company's concession would have expired in 2004. SCOTUS just revived the lawsuits, ruling that the cruise lines could still face liability even though Havana Docks' concession expired in 2004, and sent the cases back to the lower courts.

Congress passed the law that enabled Havana Docks to sue, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (also known as the HelmsBurton Act), in 1996 after Cuba shot down two unarmed civilian planes, killing four.

Interestingly, the Department of Justice indicted Fidel's brother Ral Castro on Wednesday for masterminding those murders.

U.S. companies were prevented from taking advantage of the law for decades because Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama ordered a suspension of its provisions for foreign-policy reasons. President Donald Trump let the suspension lapse in his first term in the Oval Office.

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LMCane said:

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is "female companionship" legal in Cuba?

If so I could see that place bringing in billions of dollars a year with direct flights from Miami

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The Fall Guy said:

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LMCane said:

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is "female companionship" legal in Cuba?

If so I could see that place bringing in billions of dollars a year with direct flights from Miami

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Columbia for the coochie is already in top...

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"CBS News has confirmed that Cuba has acquired attack drones, it's not clear who provided the drones or how they were obtained. On Sunday, Axios, which first reported the news of the Cuban drones, said Havana had obtained more than 300 military drones and had discussed plans to use them to attack the U.S. military installation at Guantanamo Bay if hostilities with the U.S. erupt."

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74OA said:

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As the article says, it would be in response to US military action.

You think they're just going to shrug and take it passively?

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flown-the-coop said:

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74OA said:

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As the article says, it would be in response to US military action.

You think they're just going to shrug and take it passively?

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If they have just a teency bit of intelligence they would.

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aggiehawg said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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74OA said:

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As the article says, it would be in response to US military action.

You think they're just going to shrug and take it passively?

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If they have just a teency bit of intelligence they would.

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The number of military bases in Florida just a hop skip and a jump from Cuba was my thinking. They have training missions that go out farther than Cuba.

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flown-the-coop said:

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aggiehawg said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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74OA said:

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As the article says, it would be in response to US military action.

You think they're just going to shrug and take it passively?

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If they have just a teency bit of intelligence they would.

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The number of military bases in Florida just a hop skip and a jump from Cuba was my thinking. They have training missions that go out farther than Cuba.

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Lots of our very fancy weapons, including the ones we don't have, are kept in Florida.

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74OA said:

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As the article says, it would be in response to US military action.

You think they're just going to shrug and take it passively?

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SOUTHCOM says US General Donovan met with senior leaders of the Cuban military today: https://t.co/cZRpr6KVJS

— Alejandra Jaramillo (@AlejandraJMillo) May 29, 2026

🇨🇺 Cuba begins its largest economic reform since the 1959 revolution

The country's parliament unanimously approved radical reforms that provide for the privatization of a significant part of the economy.

The plan provides for private real estate development, the creation of… pic.twitter.com/m2eEd1F2Bs

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 19, 2026

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Members of Congress and other DNC communist operatives need to be next.

We need a McCarthy era purge of the anti Americans from gubmit.

Nancy Mace is pushing for a natural born citizen requirement for all federal offices and says states and locals should follow the same. I agree completely.

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Organizations tied to Cuba have openly built a rapid-response protest apparatus attached to a possible U.S.-Cuba military conflict, at the same moment the U.S. government is formally treating that coalition's Cuban state partner as a hostile influence operation.

The National Network on Cuba (NNOC) has been distributing a document since at least June 2026 urging organizers across the U.S. to prepare to protest in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices, military bases, recruiting centers and other federal institutions should the U.S. get involved in military action in Cuba. The document, first reported by ADN Cuba's Gelet Martinez Fragela, provides a coordinated strategy for activists to organize protests within 24 hours should the U.S. military attack Cuba. Just The News was unable to verify the authenticity of the document.

ADN Cuba describes itself as an independent digital media outlet and news magazine dedicated to covering Cuba and the Cuban diaspora. Founded in 2017, the platform focuses on human rights, LGBTQ+ issues, racial integration and investigative journalism, often publishing content critical of the Cuban government.
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ICAP expresses solidarity with Iran
The coalition, in turn, according to ADN Cuba, has documented ties to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), a Cuban state body that was sanctioned by the U.S. in June. Earlier in March, ICAP expressed "solidarity with Iran and condemns the United States and Israel's attack on that country." On July 1, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he had terminated the legal status of three Cuban nationals, including longtime ICAP operative Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez.

Rubio described Dominguez as a man who "spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regime's premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States." Rubio also warned those connected to ICAP's anti-American operations would be deported. Fox News reported that Dominguez and his family are in federal custody after Rubio revoked their legal status. ICAP did not respond to a Just the News inquiry prior to press time.

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🚨 WOW! US defense officials are reportedly examining CUBA military options, including the possibility of surging the Army's 101st Airborne Division — CBS

No operation has been decided on yet, but pressure is RAMPING UP on the Communists to allow a new form of government that… pic.twitter.com/BYph2IFH0I

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2026

For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States.

The State Department is exposing the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion in our country.

The American people deserve to know.…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 20, 2026

Una nueva y más peligrosa versión del macartismo está de regreso en Estados Unidos.

1/5

— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) July 17, 2026

This has been public for half a century, but when is the last time you saw it in an official document?

Cuba's spy service "functioned as the KGB's Latin American extension... Cuba quickly came to occupy a prized place in Moscow's global anti-American infrastructure .... deep,… pic.twitter.com/izGUZXw8w7

— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) July 21, 2026

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Even the partial restoration of power seems to have collapsed again later in the day.

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Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again on Monday, state-run media reported, as the government was trying to reestablish the system following a country-wide blackout on Sunday night...
"Despite the progress made today, an oscillation triggered the collapse," said Lazaro Manuel Alonso, news director of Cuba's state-run television, in a post shared via social media.

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The left routinely blames the U.S. for all of Cuba's problems. And while it's certainly true that the U.S. has a role in this year's blackouts, the fact that Cuba's energy grid hasn't been improved since the 1950s also has a lot to do with it.

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While the implementation of Washington's energy pressure campaign and the sudden evaporation of Venezuelan oil subsidies in early 2026 have undeniably served as acute shocks, they did not create the crisis. They merely exposed a disaster years in the making.

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Sec. Rubio spelled out the answer to these problems back in February. The answer is free people (who can vote for a different future) and free markets. Anything else is just doubling down on failure.

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"It is important for the people of Cuba to have more freedom not just political freedom, but economic freedom," Rubio said. "That's what this regime has not been willing to give them, because they're afraid that if the people of Cuba can provide for themselves, they lose control of them."
Rubio declined to detail the US approach to the island.
"Obviously these things require space and time to do in the right way," he said. "Certainly their willingness to begin to make openings in this regard is one potential way forward."

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Cuba has made some moves toward economic freedom, but only because it has no choice. Outside observers note that Cuba has done this before, only to claw back that freedom the moment the pressure is off.
Trump long ago suggested Cuba would be the focus of his attention once the situation in Iran was resolved. That still hasn't happened but it will happen eventually. Raul Castro should come up with a plan before it's too late.

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