The sea does not forget. Sixty-four years ago, Soviet missiles pointed at the heart of an American empire from a sliver of a Caribbean island, and the world held its breath at the edge of annihilation. The crisis passed. The missiles were removed. However, the punishment never ended. What Washington called an embargo, what Havana has always called by its true name, a blockade, began on February 3, 1962, and has never stopped. It is the longest sustained campaign of economic strangulation in modern history, outlasting the Cold War, outlasting the Soviet Union, outlasting every justification ever offered for it, and now, in the spring of 2026, it has metastasized into something that should terrify anyone still capable of being […]]]>
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The ghost that haunts the Caribbean
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The US embargo on Cuba, imposed 64 years ago, remains in place and has become the longest sustained campaign of economic strangulation in modern history. The blockade, as Cuba calls it, was initiated in response to Soviet missiles being stationed on the island and has outlasted the Cold War and the Soviet Union. The situation continues to escalate, with significant implications for the region.