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George Leone's avatar

This piece makes clear how “security threats” are manufactured to justify the same old regime-change playbook. The whiplash narrative—Cuba as Venezuela’s puppet master one year, Venezuela as Cuba’s lifeline the next—reveals how little truth matters when the real objective is control over oil and political obedience. The deaths of Cuban guards and Venezuelan civilians aren’t abstractions; they’re the human cost of decades of sanctions, disinformation, and militarized diplomacy. If the U.S. truly cared about stability or democracy in the region, it would stop strangling economies and start respecting sovereignty. Independent reporting like this is essential precisely because it punctures the myths used to sell permanent intervention.

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Darrel's avatar

Any information about whether Rubio's parents were part of the Batista regime?

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huey's avatar

We attack Venezuela and Cuba naturally gets nervous. Russia launches an Oreshnik hypersonic multiple war head at the Ukraine. US threatens Greenland.. NATO is pissed off..Israel won't stop

killing Palestinians, SUDAN..What a wonderful world..

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Larry King's avatar

If Machado claiming Cuban advisors invaded Venezuela then it must be safe to say Israel advisors have invaded the US!

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Dr Q's avatar

Finally, DropSite has a Latin America desk! And with a top-notch journalist! And thank you for including Belly of the Beast. More collabs with them, please!

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Linda Hagge's avatar

Ryan, what do you think of Matt Orfalea's recent post about the Renee Good murder? He says if you look at the videos from all angles the story becomes much more complicated, especially when you take into account the actions of Good's partner, who pretty clearly caused the whole incident. I'm not defending ICE at all, just saying the truth may be somewhere between right and left portrayals.

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Dani G.'s avatar

I watched from all angles and can't imagine how anyone could call it "complicated". Her wife never got aggressive - ever.....the fact that articles could be written to justify shooting someone in the face for speaking out is terrifying.

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Linda Hagge's avatar

Also, Dani, no one "justified" the shooting.

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Dani G.'s avatar

you didn't but I feel like the article did.

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Linda Hagge's avatar

Matt Orfalea is a liberal, former Bernie Sanders supporter. His point is that both left and right have exaggerated their coverage. And if he is accurate, Renee's partner did exacerbate the situation. Here's the link: https://censorednews.substack.com/p/the-shooting-of-renee-good?publication_id=331523&post_id=184057356&isFreemail=true&r=1cce6&triedRedirect=true

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Dani G.'s avatar

Thanks for forwarding. I read it and still don't understand how he can be "both sides-ing" what went down. His story clearly shows Renee trying to flee the situation in which she had shown zero aggression(he even includes the video where his wife says, "drive away")......then, the man who has been hired to keep the streets of America safe, shoots her in the face and calls her a "f*cking b*tch" . What's left to debate? It feels like his article tries to explain this heinous action away. Matt Orfalea may be a liberal, but this is the kind of liberal thinking that has allowed American to get where it is today. Shame on him

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Maureen Dorsey's avatar

Has the US, under this regime, unofficially officially abandoned Ukraine? If trump is now going to sell oil to russia?

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Dani G.'s avatar

I think so. I mean, as much as Trump pretended to speak out about Russia's actions, the red carpet was only ever rolled out for Putin...actions speak louder than words. There is a reason Putin is not scared of Trump...

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