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First Cuban-born female officer

November 13, 2011

Lt. Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria was the first Cuban-born female officer in the U.S. Army. According to the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Museum at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona: Lt. Col. Cubria was born in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 1903. Emigrating to the U.S. at the age of 13, she joined the Women’s Army Corps in 1943, soon earning [...]

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Key Strategic Issues

July 19, 2011

The U.S. Army War College has published its annual Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) for 2011. This list is published with the “purpose of making students and other researchers aware of strategic topics that are, or should be, of special importance to the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army.” Cuba is listed under Section VII. Evolving [...]

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US Army War College on US-Cuba policy

June 10, 2010

U.S. Army War College‘s Strategy Research Project released earlier this year two unclassified student reports on U.S.—Cuba policy. Both reports characterize U.S. foreign policy of the last half-century towards Cuba as a failure. Thus, these reports give an inkling to the mindset of officers from the U.S. Army War College about the strategy of fostering democratic [...]

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Fidel dies of natural causes under questionable circumstances

January 11, 2010

Castro dies of natural causes under questionable circumstances. His brother Raul is still in control of the apparatus. An enormous funeral and wake is observed throughout the nation, but within days after the wake, Cubans begin to demonstrate openly against the post-Castro regime. Raul accelerates liberalizing policies and carefully consolidates preferential property rights for the [...]

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U.S. Army colonel calls for abolishment of embargo

February 16, 2009

Colonel Alexander Crowther, a Research Professor of National Security Studies in the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, has written an editorial titled: “Kiss the Embargo Goodbye” for SSI’s monthly newsletter calling for the end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. He has written prior editorials and papers on Cuba and its military. Col. [...]

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