MIAMI – “The Cuban government is determined, they have no income, no gas, they have no meals.”
That stated by Otto Reich, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, previous U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and President of The Middle for a Cost-free Cuba.
Reich reacting to news that Russia and Cuba are renewing their romance that all but disappeared soon after the Soviet Union dissolved in the late 1980’s.
Back again in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Soviet Union was a huge Cuba player, propping up the Castro Governments Communist dependent overall economy.
The Russians bailed when the Soviet Union fell apart.
Now, they say they are again with major claims and the Cuban’s are sweeting the pie.
Russia is providing Cuba terrific deals on gasoline, emergency donations of wheat, guarantees to build resorts, increase Russian tourism flows, and open retail retailers stocked with Russian home products and solutions.
In return, Cuba will grant Russian entrepreneurs lengthy expression home leases.
Russian banks can open up up, responsibility-free of charge import of Russian devices.
Russian enterprise would be in a position to just take profits out of the country.
“There is the promise to open up a Russian car or truck assembly plant,” Reich is fast to mention.
“I am explained to they are sending particular to revamp the spy station,” he explained.
The Russian operated an simplicity dropping spy station for yrs, then phased out their facility, but now may provide it back again.
Cuba watchers say we must get prepared for extra Russian Naval Ships docking in the Port of Havana. With Russian extended range bombers traveling down the East Coastline of the United States, landing in Cuba.
Russian Spy ships lingering just off the Atlantic territorial waters of the United States of The united states.
“They, the Russians, have always observed Cuba as a permeant plane provider off the coastline of the United States.”
Chris Simmons is a former Protection Intelligence Company Counterintelligence Officer and authority on the Cuban Intelligence products and services, served just take down just one of Cuba’s most successful spies who experienced penetrated the best degrees of the DIA.
Simmons told CBS News Miami, “It is not going to be a return to the cold war but lots of of the practices we have viewed prior to will occur back again.”
“From an intelligence and fiscal stand place Havana is sitting in a worthwhile position to reduce deals…and carry in poorly wanted hard cash in the method,” Simmons extra.
Cuba has generally been active in producing useful intelligence and peddling it, for hard cash, to actors not pleasant to the U.S.
And what does Cuba provide in the Intelligence/espionage entire world?
Plenty.
The Cubans operate a single on the best “on the floor” spy operations in the globe. Crucial to Russia as in Ukraine, they are in a proxy war with the U.S.
“They can transform to the Cubans and say what are the U.S. Distinctive operations community performing in this spot and the Cubans will be ready to notify them due to the fact they have been viewing people units for a long time,” reported Simmons.
In accordance to Otto Reich, “It has to be taken critically, we have to enjoy it. We in the earlier, when I was in govt, we retained an eye on Cuba incredibly diligently.”
