US Sanctions on Cuba: A New Chapter in a Long Standing Conflict The latest sanctions announced by US diplomat Marco Rubio against five Cuban companies and eight individuals accused of helping the island procure military equipment from Russia and China are just the latest installment in a decades long saga of economic warfare between the two nations.
The move is part of a broader trend of increasing aggression towards Cuba, which has been locked in conflict with the US over clashing political and economic ideologies since long before the Cold War.
At its core, this dispute centers on competing visions for Cuba's future – one that envisions an independent sovereign state, and another that sees it as a potential staging ground for global powers hostile to US interests.