Protests Erupt in Cuba

[dann]

Narco Rubio: https://en.granma.cu/mundo/2026-01-20/narco-rubio

 

[steenkh]

Narco Rubio: https://en.granma.cu/mundo/2026-01-20/narco-rubio

Interesting, but considering the source (Granma: The Official Voice of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee), I give it low credibility.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

Narco Rubio: https://en.granma.cu/mundo/2026-01-20/narco-rubio

Imagine a world where Eisenhower didn't immediately fall in love with every far right mass mudering dictator he met. Castro may have been able to establish the normal relations with the US he so craved and, as a result, not have been driven into the USSR's orbit.

 

[dann]

Interesting, but considering the source (Granma: The Official Voice of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee), I give it low credibility.

Then you should look up the claims in the article, using sources you give high credibility.
What is it you don't think is true?
Otherwise, it's fairly uninteresting to hear how high or low you rate the source.

U.S. politicians with Cuban roots tend to lie about everything Cuban. See posts 258 and 261.
If you know about any lies published in Granma, I'd like to hear about them.

 

[dann]

Continued from post 262:

There hasnt been a US blockade on Cuba since 1962. And insofar as I can tell there are no US sanctions on them. Ie the USA doesnt take any measures against any other country trading with Cuba. Do I think the embargo should be relaxed? Yes. Probably everything except weapons.

Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, backing Mexico into a corner (AP, Jan 30, 2026)
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis.

Trump declares national emergency over Cuba, threatens tariffs on nations that supply oil to communist regime (Fox News, Jan 30, 2026)
President Donald Trump on Thursday declared a national emergency via an executive order over Cuba, accusing the communist regime of aligning with hostile foreign powers and terrorist groups while moving to punish countries that supply the island nation with oil.
Thursday's executive order states that the policies and actions of the Cuban governmentconstitute "an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."
To address that threat, Trump ordered the creation of a tariff mechanism that allows the U.S. to impose additional duties on imports from foreign countries that "directly or indirectly sell or otherwise provide any oil to Cuba," according to the order.

 

[steenkh]

U.S. politicians with Cuban roots tend to lie about everything Cuban. See posts 258 and 261.
If you know about any lies published in Granma, I'd like to hear about them.

That there exists other sources with low credibility has no influence on my evaluation of a particular source.
I already explained why I give it low credibility, but to make it absolutely clear: I don't think that a mouthpiece for a dictatorship has much credibility. I may be wrong in this case, but that is my default position when dealing with dictatorships.