If you were thinking that the recent American pressure against the regime in Cuba was only for the purposes of pushing it towards democracy, think again. In 2023, the United States confirmed that the Peoples' Republic of China had established electronic surveillance facilities inside Cuba, in as many as four locations, for the express purpose of spying on America. The previous U.S. Government did not have the political will to force Cuba to close down these facilities, but the Trump administration has told Cuba that it wants it gone, now, as an integral part of American demands made upon the regime.
This Chinese intelligence footprint is a major component of China's efforts to collect intelligence on the United States and its neighbors, which includes sophisticated information gathering capability in Chinese embassies throughout the Eastern Caribbean. When an approaching storm caused the evacuation of the Chinese Embassy in the Commonwealth of Dominica, over nine hundred "diplomats" fled the facility; Dominica has literally a zero trade and exchange relationship with Cuba. If you do the math, that means it is a major intelligence center for China, allowing it to conduct electronic surveillance on the U.S. Chinese influence in Dominica may have been one of the reasons for the recent visa restrictions America imposed upon Dominican passport holders.
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| Chinese Embassy, Dominica |
If you understand how the Trump Administration feels about Chinese facilities, you know that our government will insist upon the prompt closure of China's spy sites there, with no negotiations. Of course, Cuba, who most likely receives hard currency for allowing their operation, will resist and delay, but this issue could easily result in America imposing more that just sanctions upon the regime, of course including but not limited to saber rattling, but the use of threatening military action, even a blockade, to bering Cuba into line. Watch this one issue, as it may cause the United States to take extreme action it would not otherwise choose to take; Remember who the American Secretary of State is.


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