05/30/2026
https://www.newsamericasnow.com/caribbean-cuba-venezuela-us-geopolitics/ For much of the modern postcolonial era, the Caribbean has lived inside a permanent contradiction. Its small states speak the language of sovereignty, solidarity, anti-imperialism, and regional fraternity. Yet they survive in a world dominated by overwhelming asymmetries of power – economic, military, and political. No contradiction illustrates this more painfully than the Caribbean’s present dilemma regarding Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States. The Archbishop And The Chambermaid: Cuba and The Caribbean’s Impossible Choice