Cellphone-less Cuban agents guard Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as US boards a third oil tanker

Cuban agents are protecting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as tensions flare with the US — as American forces seized a third oil tanker in the Caribbean on Sunday. The ...
The Armchair Historian on MSN

Cuban missile crisis from the Cuban perspective

In this video, we examine the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of Cuba itself. We explore how Fidel Castro and the Cuban ...
TimeGhost on MSN

The quiet decisions that brought the Cuban missile crisis back from the brink

On October 28, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis reached its tense conclusion — but the public story hid secret negotiations and ...

For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela

President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, ...
FINCHANNEL

Behind the scenes: A look back at the Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was the moment that the United States and the Soviet Union came closest ...
The Nation

Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis

For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis. Cuba, November 26—The Cuban government and people are warily watching the United States most recent ...
Foreign Policy

With Military Buildup Against Venezuela, the U.S. Eyes Cuba as Well

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Chicago Tribune

In Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, Chicago is the target of a nuclear attack. Does the movie reflect reality?

If the Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of how close the world is to destruction, in Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix film “A House of Dynamite,” the ticking clock is no symbol. It is very real. A ...
WIS TV

Cuban family opens restaurant in Downtown Columbia, fulfilling American dream

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -A Cuban family is celebrating the grand opening of their new restaurant, Cuban Corner, in downtown Columbia — a milestone in their journey toward the American dream. The Galguera ...
Scientific American

Here’s How a Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Works

Mysteries surround Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Sunday that his nation had successfully test-flown a nuclear-powered cruise missile. But there is an answer to the chief question ...
Forbes

How Backchannel Communications Can Help Resolve Crisis Situations

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Cuban Missile Crisis was partly resolved by a reporter acting as ...
The Baltimore Sun

Memories from the end of the world

The world was going to end. That was all you knew, or thought you knew, on October 16, 1962. The news came on the TV that day. It had to do with Russia and Cuba and nuclear missiles 90 miles away from ...