"The Venezuela Script": Washington Seeks New Leaders for a Regime Change in Cuba
According to sources cited by The New York Times, the White House is actively planning a regime change strategy in Cuba, aiming to identify suitable local officials who could take over the country after the current leadership is ousted. U.S. strategists hope to replicate the "Venezuela script"—that is, following the U.S. military's forced control of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, power was smoothly transferred to Delsy Rodríguez, a figure closely aligned with the United States.
The report indicates that the U.S. plan mirrors the Venezuela model: after the country's leader was forcibly taken into custody, Delsy Rodríguez successfully assumed control without triggering significant unrest.
However, U.S. intelligence agencies face an unexpected challenge: there are almost no pragmatic officials within Cuba willing to assume power. Washington assesses that Cuban officials are more akin to their Iranian counterparts, unwilling to make concessions. Nevertheless, Cuba’s Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, and Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, are still considered potential candidates.
It has been reported that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has established a secret task force specifically dedicated to orchestrating a "regime change" in Cuba. The group’s mission includes recruiting informants, conducting cyber operations, and carrying out "pressure campaigns."
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