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Is Washington Preparing to Control Cuba as It Did Venezuela? A Critical Look at U.S. Strategy

By National Security Desk | January 21, 2026

Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer warns the U.S. may impose a Venezuela-like formula on Cuba, compelling Havana to follow Washington’s directives—a stark threat to Cuban sovereignty and American principles of freedom.

José Daniel Ferrer, a prominent Cuban opposition figure now exiled in Miami, recently exposed a disturbing possibility: that the United States might apply the same heavy-handed strategy to Cuba that it has pursued in Venezuela. According to Ferrer, this "formula" would effectively strip Cuba of its independence, forcing its government to act as Washington commands. Is Cuba Next for an America-Led Puppet Regime? Ferrer’s warning arrives amidst ongoing debates about U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. He suggests President Trump could engineer a "transition" in Cuba so constraining that the island’s leadership would have no choice but to comply with...

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