Bombing Cuba: Prisoners Defenders / Miami Fake Specials
A new episode of Miami Fake, the Cubainformación section dedicated to debunking fake news and the propaganda war against Cuba, reviews this week a particularly serious escalation of rhetoric: the open call for military intervention against the island, along with new campaigns to cut European funding, tighten the embargo, and criminalize Cuban migration in the US. All of this is driven by the Miami media and NGO ecosystem, aligned with the US government’s policy of strangulation.
1. At a Prisoners Defenders event, they call for military intervention in Cuba, as in Venezuela
The war rhetoric is no longer disguised. Within the Prisoners Defenders NGO, some of the familiar faces of the US-funded opposition are normalizing the idea of a “surgical” military action against Cuba, following the “Venezuelan precedent.”
The Cubans Around the World website headlines “Washington Now Goes After Cuba Before the Year Ends: Trump and Marco Rubio’s Plan After the Fall of the Maduro Regime,” citing a Wall Street Journal report that “the United States is pushing a strategy to promote regime change in Cuba before the end of 2026.” The article insists that “U.S. officials consider the Cuban economy to be in a critical situation,” and celebrates that “Washington has also intensified sanctions and financial restrictions against Havana.”
The same publication features former prisoner and mercenary José Daniel Ferrer, who claims that the U.S. could apply a “formula similar to that used in Venezuela” to Cuba. Ferrer, during a virtual event hosted by Prisoners Defenders, an organization that represents him abroad through its president, Javier Larrondo, went so far as to declare: “If I had to choose between the current state of Cuba (…) and a minimally invasive surgical operation to remove that tyranny from power (…) then I would choose the second option.” Let us recall the US “surgical operation” in Venezuela: the bombing of the country, resulting in one hundred deaths, and the kidnapping of the president and his wife.
The machinery is completed by Martí Noticias, which reports that the acting US ambassador in Havana, Mike Hammer, “discusses the situation in Cuba at the US Southern Command,” a clear military threat against the Cuban people.
Along the same lines, ADN Cuba reports “In the Cuban case, Trump could force a ‘transition,’ says Ferrer” and “Mike Hammer meets with head of US Southern Command,” reinforcing the idea that “democracy” (made in the USA) can arrive hand in hand with military uniforms.
2. One more step toward cutting European funds for development cooperation
Another piece of the encirclement is the offensive to cut off European cooperation with Cuba, including that earmarked for development projects.
Asere Noticias celebrates that the “European Parliament approves suspending cooperation with Cuba,” noting that “independent Cuban organizations have supported similar calls.” Independent? These are associations linked to and funded by the US government. Diario de Cuba reinforces the narrative with “European Parliament approves amendment to cease EU support for Havana,” citing the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC), a Miami-based group paid with USAID and NED funds from the US government, which accuses Cuba of “complicity with Russia.”
ADN Cuba goes even further with “European Parliament questions and calls for review of the Agreement with the Cuban regime,” stating that “Cuba cannot continue to benefit from privileged cooperation with the European Union” and accusing Havana, without evidence, of “providing military support to Russia and Belarus.” The ridiculous and nonexistent “military support” consists of several dozen Cuban mercenaries who have fought, privately and illegally, on the Russian side, even though it is well known that a mercenary network was dismantled in Havana and that international mercenaries fight for money on both sides and come from the US, Europe, and numerous Latin American countries. The text emphasizes that the EU finances “some 80 projects in Cuba with a budget of almost 155 million euros,” presenting this cooperation as a scandal.
3. Tighten the blockade against Cuba by sanctioning Miami companies
Cubans Around the World publishes “Task Force led by (Alex) Otaola investigates around 300 businesses in Hialeah for possible links to the Castro dictatorship,” while Asere Noticias responds with “Nearly 300 businesses in Hialeah investigated for possible links to the regime.” The latter notes that “at least 20 companies were sanctioned with the revocation of their licenses,” celebrating that the punishment even extends to small businesses in the Cuban community.
Tightening the blockade to the maximum, even sanctioning companies in Miami that engage in minimal trade with micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and families on the island, is sadism at its finest.
4. The debt that Cuba cannot pay due to US strangulation is an “excuse”
When Cuba cannot meet its international payments due to the blockade, the blame once again falls on the victim itself. Diario de Cuba headlines “The Paris Club again hears Havana’s excuses after granting it better terms for debt repayment,” deliberately ignoring the impact of US financial sanctions.
5. Cubalex: Human Rights and “NGO Language” funded by the murderous empire
The program also focuses on the use of human rights language as a political tool. Diario de Cuba publishes “Cubalex Facing the Future: ‘A Race of Endurance’ for Human Rights on the Island,” which states that “human rights training is not provided at any educational level in Cuba.”
Under a seemingly technical and neutral discourse, the external funding of these organizations, integrated into the pressure strategy against the Cuban state, is legitimized, while the humanitarian effects of the blockade imposed by the very power that funds them are silenced.
It is worth remembering that both the media outlet (Diario de Cuba) and the NGO (Cubalex) are supported in their activities and staff by USAID and NED funds from the US government.
6. Cuban Migrants in the U.S.: From victims to criminals
Finally, Miami Fake points out the selective criminalization of Cuban migration. Martí Noticias publishes Mario J. Pentón’s article, “Exclusive: ICE Arrests Four Cubans in Florida with Serious Crimes,” highlighting that they “represented a significant threat to public safety.”
The message is clear: Cuban migrants are only “victims” when they serve as a political weapon against Cuba; when they are no longer useful, they are portrayed as dangerous criminals, justifying the US government’s own immigration repression.
This new Miami Fake program shows how the media war against Cuba is not limited to disinformation, but also normalizes the blockade, legitimizes interference, flirts with military intervention, and uses the language of human rights as political cover. All of this with the same objective: to subdue, through hunger, fear, and isolation, a country that continues to resist.
IMAGE CREDIT: Cover photo: Cubadebate
Team: José Manzaneda, Hafed Mohamed Bachir
