Bruno Rodríguez
Foreign Minister of Cuba
2 items across 2 editions · last active 23 Oct 26
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No. 115 · Friday, 23 October 2026
Russia warns of mass Cuban migration after Florida’s arrest warrant for Raúl Castro, and China backs Havana
So what? Moscow is pre-positioning a migration narrative that blames Washington for any maritime surge, which signals it reads the grid collapse as a real push factor. Watch Cuban departures by sea and onward flights via third countries rather than rhetoric, since the warning is more likely to precede movement than cause it.
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No. 36 · Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Cuba's power grid fails nationwide for the sixth time this year as Havana blames US sanctions
So what? Six full nationwide grid collapses in barely seven months is a pace that keeps compounding, not stabilizing, and each one adds to the push factors already sending record numbers of Cubans to seek asylum in Brazil rather than risk the U.S. route. Watch whether Havana follows with a formal fuel-rationing or energy-emergency declaration — the clearer signal the government sees the grid as no longer self-stabilizing.
Sources: Jamaica Observer · U.S. News (AP) (Aug 4, 2026)
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