Cuba’s Espionage Trial Exposes Regime Vulnerabilities Amid Silent Crackdown

In a rare and telling spectacle of political reckoning, Alejandro Gil—once a trusted lieutenant to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and a key figure in the island’s economic apparatus—faces espionage charges that have sent ripples beyond Havana’s controlled borders. The closed-door trial against the ex-minister is unfolding in near silence from the Cuban government, underscoring the regime's attempt to contain an embarrassment that exposes deep fissures within its leadership. What Does Cuba’s Silence on High-Level Espionage Say About Regime Stability? Gil's fall from grace marks the most significant purge of a top official in over a decade. Charged primarily with espionage—a...