Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to commentaries from Counter-Currents and MintPress News, both via ScheerPost. (Scroll up or down for LEBANON, WEST BANK, IRAN and MEDIA, and down for CUBA 3-26-26.) — MCM

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Trump’s interest in Cuba is political — and personal.Reported by Franco Ordoñez and Leila Fadel | NPR  The U.S. government’s indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro came as President Trump also hinted at military action. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM MAY 21  Cuba is not a failed state — it is a besieged state, by Roger D. Harris and Sara Flounders | Counter-Currents / ScheerPost  The symbolism of International Workers’ Day was not lost on the White House. President Trump chose that day, May 1, to impose yet more sanctions on top of the already draconian illegal measures immiserating Cuba. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 15  USAID, NED & Open Society quietly bankroll Cuba’s ‘independent’ media in push for regime change, by Alan MacLeod | MintPress News / ScheerPost  The U.S. government has been covertly funding a huge network of Cuban media outlets that claim to be independent in a push for regime change against the independent socialist government. READ MORE . . .

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