Written by Tyler Durden
Written by John Mills through The Epoch Times,
Cuba has been impoverished by years of communist control, but it has a strategical reflection point that appreciates China.
Ryan Berg, manager of the Americas Program at the Centre for strategical and global Studies, said in his evidence in legislature on May 6, that Cuba is simply a "strategic battlefield" with China. 20 delicate U.S. government facilities in Florida are within the scope of a increasing Chinese intelligence collection network in cybersecurity and signals in Cuba.
Even before the Russians minimized their presence in Cuba in 2002, The Chinese were watching this Caribbean country.
Berg saidThat in February 1999, the then Minister of Defence of China Gen. Chi Haotian visited Cuba and met with his counterpart, then Minister of Defence Raúl Castro.
"According to an article in El Nuevo Herald, the 2 reportedly signed an agreement granting China access to many erstwhile russian listening stations throughout the island, including the Bejucal base little than 10 miles from the old station in Lourdes" — He noticed.
As part of the way to solve the Cuban crisis, president John F. Kennedy publically committed is not going to invade Cuba. The Soviets have undertaken to remove atomic and "offensive" weapons from Cuba. The Soviets maintained limited presence in Cuba until the end of the Cold War, including a intelligence collection station in Lourdes, close Havana, and occasional sea and air visits, while the United States maintained solid surveillance over Cuba from bases in confederate Florida.
Chinese Military-Interview Network Grows in Cuba
In the summertime of 2023, Cuba jumped on the front pages of emergency newspapers, a amazing press release The presence of Chinese spies in this country. After media reports, Pentagon's first reaction was Denial of this subject.
Subsequently, the Associated Press agency reported that there was an anonymous Biden administration authoritative who confirmed that it started in 2019, which was a clever way to pass work on to president Donald Trump.
Berg pointed out that then spokesperson for the National safety Council John Kirby "changed course and admitted to Chinese spy bases in Cuba, but insisted that their presence existed since 2019 for Trump's first administration, suggesting that Biden's administration "inherited" the challenge.
"At the same time more reports appeared that China was aiming to build a military training base in Cuba" – added.
Kirby seemingly missed General Chi Haotian's visit in 1999. July 2024 r. The Wall Street diary published additional photos and reported that the traces of the Chinese military and intelligence had become even larger than initially given.
The presence of the Chinese government in Cuba is only 1 component of Chinese surveillance around Florida. China use gas and oil drilling platforms, which may have the ability to collect intelligence in the Gulf of America (formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico) on the west side of Florida.
Gen. Glen VanHerck, erstwhile commander of the North U.S. Command, before the Chinese spy balloon episode drew attention danger related to the presence of Chinese infrastructure in the Bahamas, just 50 miles to the right of Florida.
Cuba receives promises of Chinese support
China's leader Xi Jinping met with Cuba's president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in Moscow on 9 May during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the russian Union's triumph in planet War II.
The Chinese Ministry of abroad Affairs said about the meeting: "China is ready to cooperate with Cuba to further strengthen their iron friendship, build a closer Chinese-Cuban community with a common future, and set an example of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries and a genuine interaction between developing countries".
In addition, the BRICS alliance – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – welcomed Cuba in the organization on 1 January 2025, Saying that The membership of this Caribbean country will let him to become a "important player on the global stage". Beijing dominates BRICS politics and plans.
The Communist organization of China (KPCh) developed an alliance with Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and the Republic of South Africa in its strategy "without restrictions" to face the United States and it appears that Cuba is entering this group of communist and totalitarian countries.
A CCP attracts Latin American countriesFinancial offer
Following the conclusion of an American-Chinese customs truce, a forum with the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) was held in Beijing on 13 May. erstwhile left-wing Latin American leaders specified as Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chile president Gabriel Boric and Colombia president Gustavo Petro.
The KPCh utilized the Belt and way Initiative and expanded a $9.2 billion credit line for Latin American countries participating in the meeting, with a very crucial condition: the currency utilized in the credit line will be Chinese yuan.
The decision that excluded global reserve currencies, specified as the US dollar, was to advance yuan while China deepened its ties in both Americas. Of all the opportunities offered in both Americas, Cuba offers China the biggest return on investment. A tiny distance from the United States from Cuba allows KPCh to be the key reflection point of the interview and a way to make counterweight for planet support for Taiwan.
Perhaps there are no missiles in Cuba yet, or at least they have not been identified, but another Cuban crisis is developing. As the article says in Foreign Affairs: "Trump breaks 3 decades of “mild neglect” of American focus on both Americas, and Cuba is most likely 1 of the starting points.
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