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Cuba
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Media Coverage - News Center - Baruch College newscenter.baruch.cuny.edu 18 facts
claimTed Henken discussed the political transition in Cuba as the old guard exits in an NPR report on April 16, 2021.
claimTed Henken authored an article for Equal Times titled 'Cuba: Between US Indifference and EU Disapproval' on June 23, 2021.
claimTed Henken reported that Cuba was seeing a mass exodus to the U.S. amid blackouts and shortages in France 24 on December 15, 2022.
claimTed Henken was featured in The New York Times on October 21, 2024, discussing the endurance of Cuba in the context of a nationwide blackout and a hurricane.
claimTed Henken was featured in VOA on May 22, 2021, in an article titled '“We want him free”: AI Declares Hospitalized Cuban Opposition Prisoner of Conscience'.
accountTed Henken discussed protests in Cuba over the government response to Hurricane Ian in The New York Times on September 30, 2022.
claimTed Henken reported that the European Union allocated 3 million euros for digitization in Cuba despite ongoing censorship.
claimTed Henken was featured in a The New York Times article titled 'Cuba’s Economy was Hurting. The Pandemic Brought a Food Crisis.' on September 20, 2020.
claimTed Henken was cited in Reuters regarding Cuban opposition websites challenging the government on July 19, 2021.
claimTed Henken stated that U.S. government restrictions will force Western Union offices in Cuba to close.
claimTed Henken discussed how blackouts and food shortages are deepening the crisis in Cuba in an appearance on WABC’s Tiempo on March 31, 2024.
claimTed Henken was cited in the New York Post regarding the Cuban government's use of citizen spies and plainclothes police to suppress dissent on July 17, 2021.
claimTed Henken discussed the political transition in Cuba following the departure of the Castro leadership in The New York Times on April 19, 2021.
claimTed Henken was cited in The Washington Post regarding Florida leaders' proposal to use balloon-based wireless internet in Cuba following government censorship of the internet on July 22, 2021.
claimTed Henken discussed the political situation in Cuba in the Havana Times on April 13, 2021.
claimKatrin Hansing was featured in The New York Times on May 27, 2021, in an article titled 'Coast Guard Search Fails to Locate 10 Cuban Migrants Lost at Sea'.
claimTed Henken reported that the NFT marketplace OpenSea blocked Cuban artists and collectors from its platform, citing U.S. sanctions law, in Artnet on December 22, 2022.
claimTed Henken analyzed the potential impact of the cessation of U.S. international aid to the opposition in Cuba.
History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 6 facts
claimSoviet forces deployed R-14 ballistic missiles capable of targeting most of the continental United States, as well as 9M21 tactical nuclear weapons, to Cuba.
accountThe CIA initially attempted to support Fidel Castro with money and weapons, hoping he would establish a friendly democratic government in Cuba.
claimThe Soviet Union's attempt to place missiles in Cuba may have been indirectly influenced by the realization that they were compromised by Oleg Penkovsky, a defector to the United States and the United Kingdom.
claimThe Taylor Board was commissioned to investigate the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.
accountDuring a pause in U-2 flights, the CIA received a report from an Operation Mongoose source describing covered tractor-trailers shaped like large telephone poles moving in Cuba.
accountThe Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 15, 1962, when American photo analysts identified Soviet R-12 1 Megaton Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBMs) in Cuba, which had a 2,000 km range capable of targeting the United States east coast.
The Geopolitics of the Russian-Ukrainian War: Implications for Africa ... eu-opensci.org Aug 3, 2024 3 facts
referenceIn 'Essence of Decision' (1971), Graham Allison analyzed the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis—where the US and the Soviet Union nearly fought over Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba—by combining various international relations theories to explain state behavior.
claimThe United States conducted military invasions in Grenada (1983), Vietnam (1965–1968), Cuba (Bay of Pigs), Panama (1989–1990), and Iraq (2003).
referenceAllison's study on the Cuban Missile Crisis determined that the Soviet Union withdrew its missiles from Cuba, while the United States withdrew its missiles from Turkey, which was on the Soviet border and served as a strategic equivalent to the missiles in Cuba.
The Impact of Government Programs on Wealth Inequality - PolicyEd policyed.org 1 fact
measurementCuba has a limited private sector, which comprises only about 12% of employment, and is characterized by a very high degree of taxation and a lack of economic freedom.
United States Foreign Intelligence Relationships everycrsreport.com May 15, 2019 1 fact
accountIn 1962, Soviet GRU Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, a human intelligence asset for the CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6), provided details regarding Soviet nuclear weapons capabilities and missile sites in Cuba.
The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 1 fact
claimThe term 'yellow journalism' refers to sensation-mongering journalism that began in the late 19th century with Joseph Pulitzer's World and William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner and New York Journal, which campaigned for war against Spain in Cuba by trumping up false threats.
How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs nationalgeographic.com Jun 25, 2021 1 fact
accountThe Russian Navy intelligence warship Viktor Leonov arrived in Havana, Cuba, on January 20, 2015.
Realist Review on Just Transition Towards Low Emission, Climate ... link.springer.com Jan 5, 2026 1 fact
accountThe Cooperativa Agrícola Niceto Pérez project in Cuba introduced resilient farming practices and early warning systems, which may have increased crop quality, production, and local farmers' incomes.
From FOIAs to planes, Jeffrey Epstein's brushes with the CIA sashaingber.substack.com Feb 16, 2026 1 fact
claimIn 2012, Jeffrey Epstein purchased the book 'Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine.'
United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? - CSIS csis.org 1 fact
claimDr. Nasr argues that the current U.S. administration is managing multiple simultaneous crises, which means the Iran-U.S. situation does not exist in a vacuum and may be influenced by other domestic and international issues like those in Cuba, Venezuela, or the Russia-Ukraine conflict.