<![CDATA[The situation in Cuba remains intense. As I reported last week, the regime has announced that is has no oil or reserves. Major protests have broken out, and the regime is cutting lines of communication in an attempt to prevent the outside world from seeing the truth. The number of political prisoners detained is at an all-time high. The U.S. is trying to bring in humanitarian aid through the Catholic Church. Rubio has heavily sanctioned GAESA, the apparatus that basically controls half of the country's "economy" and makes the regime wealthy. The CIA director paid a visit last week and made what sounded like some final warnings on behalf of Donald Trump. And old Raúl Castro may be less than a week away from becoming a U.S. fugitive from justice, if a grand jury gets it right. ]]>