Axios cites “classified intelligence”warning“Cuba has reportedly procured more than 300 attack drones from Russia and Iran” that will be used “against the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, U.S. military vessels, and even Key West, Florida.”

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A senior U.S. official highlighted the seriousness of the situation, stating, “Considering such technologies so close to us, combined with various dangerous actors like terrorist groups, drug cartels, Iranians, and Russians, it is concerning. It represents a growing threat.”

The intelligence — which could become a pretext for U.S. military action — shows the degree to which the Trump administration sees Cuba as a threat because of developments in drone warfare and the presence of Iranian military advisers in Havana, a senior U.S. official said.

This ludicrous “intelligence” (as usual, minus any evidence) is simply an effort by the Trump regime to divert attention away from the failure to destroy Iran and re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

For Trump, Cuba is a near perfect target due to its small size. The anchor babyMarco Rubioand the Cuban “exile community,” known as the Miami Mafia (aka “The Corporation”), would like nothing more than to install anotherFulgencio Batista, the brutal military dictator deposed by the Cuban Revolution. Thecorporación mafiosais nostalgic for the days when the “Little Man,”gangsterismoboss Meyer Lansky, controlled the country.

Under Batista’s rule, Cubans endured extreme wealth inequality, with one-third of the population living in poverty. Meanwhile, rural peasants, theGuajiros, faced starvation, while the elite enjoyed one of the highest per capita incomes in Latin America. Wealth was heavily concentrated among the elite, foreign entities, and the urban upper class. Furthermore, US interests controlled much of the sugar industry and approximately 70% of arable land, most notably the United Fruit Company.

Furthermore, US multinationals controlled nearly 90% of Cuba’s mines and 80% of its public utilities. This exploitation of Cuba’s resources resulted in immense wealth extraction, while the US reaped generous tax exemptions negotiated with Batista’s administration.

Between 1954 and 1956, newforeign investment quadrupled, flowing into almost every strategic sector of the Cuban economy: petroleum, public utilities, petrochemicals, mining, non-sugar manufacturing, tourism, and construction… The most important ‘growth’ sector in the economy under Batista was the largely American-financed expansion of the tourist industry [operated by the Mafia].

Source: Global Research