Long before Fidel Castro proclaimed the “socialist character” of his revolution on April 1961, the new regime was already on the path to communism and was “discreetly” placing sympathizers in key positions in government, Castro’s younger brother Raúl told Soviet leaders, according to a rare document obtained by the Washington-based National Security Archive.
The Russia-Ukraine war was not warranted. Ukrainians despair for peace. Russia needs security. China offers development. But Blackwater, US, NATO and the far-right Ukrainian paramilitaries seek something very different.