The small island nation, 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in American foreign policy for nearly 70 years.

This episode unpacks the causes, key events, and consequences of the Spanish-American War, highlighting how it shaped U.S. foreign policy into the modern era. It’s almost a perfect recipe for lining ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be careful what he wishes for. Donald Trump has speculated that Rubio could be “the next president of Cuba” after the US overthrows the Communist regime that ...

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the imperial war in which the US took the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico from Spain and ...

Cuba is no stranger to economic and political crises. But a combination of nationwide blackouts and a fuel shortage–made worse by a U.S.-imposed oil blockade–have recently led to escalating political ...

Following mounting reports the Pentagon is acting on Trump administration orders to accelerate preparations for military action against Cuba, the White House has dispatched the first high-level US ...