Russia is betting big on Cuba as it courts alternative economic partners

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Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the José Martí monument in Havana in February.

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Remember When the U.S. Secretly Built a Social Network to Destabilize Cuba?

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The House of Representatives passed a law this week that would force China-based ByteDance to divest from the US version of its popular app TikTok or face a ban in the country. And while the bill’s fate in the Senate remains uncertain, plenty of politicians and members of the U.S. military establishment insist this…

An ex-US ambassador charged with being a longtime secret agent for Cuba bragged about it to undercover FBI officer, feds allege

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Victor Rocha.
Former US State Department employee Victor Rocha was federally charged over accusations that he worked as a longtime spy for Cuba.

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They were lured from Cuba to fight Russia's war in Ukraine, then went dark. Their parents fear they are dead already.

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Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a trench on the frontline near as Russia-Ukraine war continues in New York, Donbas region, Ukraine, on July 28, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier navigates a trench near the front lines in Ukraine's contested Donbas region on July 28, 2023.

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Russia is luring Cubans to Ukraine with fast-tracked citizenship and a lucrative signing bonus: 'Almost all of our friends have gone'

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three young men, two in NBA jerseys, one one left smoking cigarette, one in middle wearing backwards red cap, one on right with tattoos on neck and arms
Cuban men in Villa Maria, Cuba.

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Menendez says the cash found in his home was from his 'personal savings account' which he kept for 'emergencies' due to his family 'facing confiscation in Cuba'

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Sen. Bob Menendez and the wads of cash found in his New Jersey home.
Sen. Bob Menendez and the wads of cash found in his New Jersey home.

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A Cuban teenager was offered a job doing 'construction work' in Russia. Instead he was sent to fight on the front lines in Ukraine.

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The gutted remains of a destroyed Russian tank lies at the front line in Ukraine.
The gutted remains of a destroyed Russian tank lies at the front line in Ukraine.

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Cuba says its citizens were recruited to fight with Russia in Ukraine — but the government is only cracking down now 'because they got caught,' former counterintelligence officer says

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A Cuban sailor walks past the Russian Navy training ship, Perekop, in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

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