ADVISORY Watch: The World This Week — ‘Chaos of the old order,’ at 8 p.m. EDT. Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks again with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. From CN intro: Chinese and Russian presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin “say unilateral efforts to rule the world ‘have failed’ and ‘a new type of international relations’ emerges despite ‘neocolonial tendencies’ bringing the ‘law of the jungle.'” U.S. President Donald Trump “mad over Iran and mulls Cuba invasion.” Click HERE later today for Lauria’s analytical article and tonight at 8 to livestream discussion; video to follow after live discussion is over.
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Links to reports and analyses from the Associated Press and El País; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. NOTE: Three of the four items below link to articles in English or Spanish only, not both. (Scroll down for UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK and IRAN, and for CUBA 5-22-26.) — MCM
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FROM MAY 22 Rare public appearances, low profile mark Raúl Castro’s life since stepping down as Cuba’s president, by Andea Rodríguez | AP HAVANA — Former President Raúl Castro was last seen surrounded by tens of thousands of people attending a state-organized rally for International Workers’ Day along Havana’s famed seawall. The 94-year-old stood . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 22 Trump applies Venezuela playbook to Cuba, but results may differ, by Ben Finley, Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri and Konantin Toropin | AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s strategy against Cuba is looking a lot like the playbook for Venezuela: An oil blockade, a growing U.S. military presence, federal charges and repeated threats of intervention. But experts say . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in Spanish.
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Mistrust between the Cuban exile community and the island’s internal opposition complicates a post-Castro transition, by Juan Carlos Espinosa | El País Fratricidal infighting makes the task of governing Cuba — should a regime that has ruled it with an iron fist for the past 67 years finally fall — an enormous challenge. Added to this are the chronic ills of an economy in freefall. READ MORE . . .
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La desesperación de los cubanos, entre la asfixia de Trump y la del régimen: ‘¿Cómo vas a resistir si no tienes nada?’ por Silvia Blanco | El País HABANA — El Gobierno cubano se enroca ante la apabullante ofensiva en todos los frentes de Estados Unidos y se muestra cada vez más desconectado de la ciudadanía. LEA MÁS . . .
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