Category: CUBA

What Happens When a Small Island Picks a Fight With a Superpower?

  What do you say when a man threatens to fight you “to the last drop of blood”—and you own the fuel, the money, and the exits? The Cuban dictator made his speech. Chest out. Fists clenched. We will fight America to the last drop of blood. And then Donald Trump answered with four words that matter more than any speech ever will: No oil. No money. Zero. That wasn’t rhetoric. That was a receipt. For thirty years, Cuba has survived the same way a dead phone survives—by staying plugged into someone else’s charger. First the Soviet Union. Then … Continue readingWhat Happens When a Small Island Picks a Fight With a Superpower?

Will 2026 Be the Year Cuba Finally Becomes Free?

“Freedom doesn’t usually arrive with fireworks or speeches. It shows up quietly—when the oil stops flowing, the lies stop working, and starvation finally reminds them the future is worth more than the fear.” –YNOT! Will history remember 2026 as the year Cuba exhaled for the first time in decades? Ninety miles off the coast of Florida sits a country that feels frozen in amber—classic cars, ration books, and a government that still talks like the Cold War never ended. Cuba has survived this long not because the system worked, but because someone else kept paying the electric bill. And … Continue readingWill 2026 Be the Year Cuba Finally Becomes Free?

Nicolás Maduro — how the bus driver got the keys

“I was sitting in my backyard wondering what happened to all the iguanas. Maybe the cold killed them. Maybe people did. They’d gotten out of hand, and somehow—by nature or by man—the trend reversed. Venezuela feels the same way. I don’t know if the U.S. did the right thing, and we won’t know the consequences for years. But from where I’m sitting, it looks a lot like someone finally decided to clean up the iguanas.” — YNOT!   Venezuela did not drift into its current condition by accident. It was driven there carefully, with hands on the wheel, eyes … Continue readingNicolás Maduro — how the bus driver got the keys

Ninety Miles Away, and Falling Apart – Borrowed Oil, Borrowed Time: Cuba’s Slow-Motion Collapse”

The tragedy isn’t that Cuba is running out of food or oil. It’s that it ran out of years ago and pretended not to notice.”–YNOT!! Cuba’s problem didn’t start yesterday, and it didn’t start with a tanker being seized or a sanction being signed. It started much earlier, with a simple idea that sounded noble at the time: we don’t need to produce much ourselves, because someone else will always take care of us. That belief has a wonderful shelf life—right up until the benefactor runs out of money, oil, or patience. Now the lights are flickering, the shelves … Continue readingNinety Miles Away, and Falling Apart – Borrowed Oil, Borrowed Time: Cuba’s Slow-Motion Collapse”

Communism Is a Great Idea — For a different Species

Every few years a new crop of young people rediscovers communism like it’s a shiny toy someone left in the attic. They dust it off, hold it up to the light, and say, “Why don’t we try this again?” Well, kids… there’s a reason. Communism is a great idea. It’s just designed for the wrong species. Human beings aren’t ants, bees, or whatever polite collectivist creature people imagine when they’ve had too much YouTube and not enough life. We are—brace yourself—self-interested. Deeply. Persistently. Hilariously. And that’s the strange advantage of capitalism: It leans into what we already are. It … Continue readingCommunism Is a Great Idea — For a different Species