The Art of the Hemisphere, Part III
Reclaiming the Caribbean: The Cuban Cascade Three weeks after detailing how Trump's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández turned Honduras into a strategic ally and intensified pressure on Nicolás Maduro, and just a day after Part II outlined the escalating actions of Operation Southern Spear—targeting strikes, seizures, and a shadow-fleet blockade—the Wall Street Journal delivers a stark report: Cuba on the edge of economic collapse, driven by the same Venezuelan oil restrictions. This development underscores the broader implications of Trump's strategy, not as unintended fallout, but as a deliberate ripple effect designed to dismantle the Havana-Caracas alliance and compel both regimes toward…