US Accused of Orwellian Propaganda Over Cuba and Argentina Power Grabs
The Trump administration is escalating its collective punishment of Cuba through a near-total siege, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio blames the Cuban government for the resulting humanitarian crisis, a claim widely denounced as Orwellian. A YouGov poll shows 64% of Americans oppose war with Cuba. Meanwhile, the US has struck a deal with Argentina's Javier Milei government to patrol Argentina's maritime zone for five years under the program 'Protecting the Global Commons,' which critics say is a pretext for US military and economic domination. The US is also pressuring Argentina to award a dredging contract for the Paraná River to a Belgian firm over Chinese-linked competitors, aiming to control South America's key commercial waterway. Cuban media collective Aguaje Films released a satirical video mocking US regime-change tactics.
Key facts
- Marco Rubio released a statement blaming Cuba's government for the humanitarian crisis caused by the US blockade.
- Ben Rhodes called Rubio's statement 'full Orwellian' and noted Trump has looted billions.
- A YouGov poll found 64% of Americans oppose war with Cuba.
- The US Embassy in Argentina announced a five-year agreement to patrol Argentina's maritime zone.
- The program is called 'Protecting the Global Commons' but critics say it's about US power projection.
- US is pressuring Argentina to award a Paraná River dredging contract to Jan de Nul (Belgium) over Chinese-linked firms.
- Cuban media collective Aguaje Films released a satirical animated short mocking US regime-change tactics.
- The US indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro for shooting down planes from Brothers to the Rescue in 1996.
Entities
Artists
- Raul Castro
- Fidel Castro
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Rhodes
- Mark Weisbrot
- Javier Milei
- Scott Bessent
- Laura Richardson
- Alvin Hosley
- Enrique Viale
- Hugo Godoy
- Alfredo Jalife
- Santiago Caputo
- Michael Jensen
- Alec Oxenford
- Larry Fink
- Larry Wilkerson
- Max Blumenthal
- Caitlin Johnstone
- José Cuauhtémoc Cervantes
Institutions
- US State Department
- Trump administration
- New York Times
- CODEPINK
- NEWSMAX
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
- YouGov
- Aguaje Films
- Explosive Media
- US Southern Command
- US Embassy in Argentina
- La Nación
- US Air Force
- Tierra del Fuego government
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Argentina)
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers
- El Salto
- MercoPress
- Reuters
- Jan de Nul
- Deme Group
- KKR & Co
- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp
- Servimagnus
- US House Foreign Affairs Committee
- National Security Council
- Brothers to the Rescue
- CIA
- BlackRock
- Fortune
- Argentine Workers' Central Union
- Chamber of Deputies (Argentina)
- Drop Site
- The Grayzone
- Judging Freedom
Locations
- United States
- Cuba
- Argentina
- Washington D.C.
- Miami
- Ushuaia
- Tierra del Fuego
- Buenos Aires
- San Fernando
- Antarctica
- Drake Passage
- Cape Horn
- South Shetland Islands
- Panama Canal
- Gulf of Mexico
- Paraná River
- Paraguay River
- La Plata River
- Brazil
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
- Chile
- Belgium
- China
- Iran
- Greenland
- South Atlantic