by John Suarez | Oct 7, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Three years ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Iranian proxies, invaded and attacked Israel, killing over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals (including 46 Americans ) and seizing 251 hostages. Twenty two hostages remain in Gaza as of today. The date...
by John Suarez | Oct 5, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
“I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you.” – President Václav Havel, New Year’s Message, 1990 Václav Havel October 5, 1936 – December 18, 2011 ( Levan Ramishvili ) October 5, 2026, marks the 90th...
by John Suarez | Oct 2, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Today, October 2nd, is the International Day of Nonviolence that marks the 157th anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth. The 1999 documentary series “A Force More Powerful” explores the power of nonviolent resistance around the world over a sixty year time span. The...
by John Suarez | Sep 28, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Three Cuban journalists are currently imprisoned in Cuba. Their plight has been overlooked by some due to the over 1,300 political prisoners currently identified. Jorge Bello Domínguez is a journalist who has been detained since July 11, 2021, and is not receiving...
by John Suarez | Sep 21, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Ana Belen Montes, the Pentagon’s top analyst for Cuba who was arrested on September 21, 2001 for spying for the Castro regime for 17 years was released on January 6, 2023 from the Federal Medical Center (FMC) – Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas where she was...
by John Suarez | Sep 18, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Cuba’s prisons have been closed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since 1989. Independent and incomplete tallies from mid-2026 put the number of political prisoners above 1,300. Families report loved ones beaten to death, hunger inside the prison...