President Donald Trump is rolling back the thaw in relations with Cuba put into place by the Obama administration. Trump said the Cuban people deserve freedom. On this episode of The Geopolitical Report, we look at the installation of a brutal dictator by the United States on the island nation. Fulgencio Batista overthrew the Cuban government in 1952. His military regime ruled with an iron fist. Batista tortured and killed his own citizens for daring to challenge his authoritarian rule. The United States sold him weapons and supported his regime until 1959 when another dictator, the communist Fidel Castro, took power following a revolution. President Trump’s reversal of Obama’s thaw on relations with Cuba has little to do with freedom. It’s about the intransigence of the Cuban government. The United States would like to return to the days of Batista when foreign corporations ruled the island and the majority of the population was impoverished.
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Show Notes
Cuba Pre-1959: The Rise and Fall of a U.S. Backed Dictator with Links to the Mob
Friendly Dictators
Castro’s Cuba: Police Repression Is Mounting
How Cuban State Security Intimidates Potential Informants