Cuba Rallies Residents, Prepares for War
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Cuba Confirms 'Communications' With US
Is the U.S. putting strategic pressure on a dictatorship or carrying out a genocidal economic warfare against civilians in Cuba?
Above: Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossio, during an interview with AFP in Havana on Feb. 2, 2026. Image credit: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The U.S. is smartly combining pressure with talks to encourage change in Cuba's behavior — and recent diplomatic language shows this has been a brilliant strategy. Havana has finally dropped its decades-old "blockade" rhetoric, signaling openness to cooperation and constructive engagement with Washington. Cutting off oil supplies is the only way to dismantle this repressive dictatorship.
Establishment-critical narrative
The U.S. isn't defending democracy in Cuba, but rather exacerbating suffering and undermining the island's sovereignty in its latest imperialist drive — a genocidal economic warfare designed as collective punishment to starve the nation into submission and promote regime change amid false allegations that Cuba supports terrorism. Hopefully, the U.S. will change its course and engage in dialogue — Cuba stands ready.
Metaculus Prediction
Public Figures
Establishment split
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