The Geopolitical Economy of Cuban Resistance: GEH w Helen Yaffe, Isaac Saney & Arnold August
Posted by sashimi on May 3, 2026, 6:52 am
30 Apr 2026
Trump's criminal attack on Venezuela has thrown Cuba into a tailspin of crisis as the island nation lost access to the oil that had been its most important source of energy in recent decades, making up for the loss of oil from the former Soviet Union. A month ago, with Cuba plunged in powercuts, Trump told reporters '"I believe I will have the honour of taking Cuba," "I mean, whether I free it, take it - I think I could do anything I want."
But can he? Though Cuba is a tiny island nation of fewer than 10 million people, it did not succumb to nearly 70 years of unremitting hostility, threats and sanctions from Washington and it not about to. And the world is changing and (yes) help is on the way. Discover how in this Geopolitical Economy Hour with three sterling scholars of and activists on Cuba, Helen Yaffee, Arnold August and Isaac Saney. Their deep scholarship and on the ground experience and knowledge about Cuba is eye-opening.
Is there a Venezuela Model of Trumpist Imperialism? | GEH with Maria P Victor & Francisco Dominguez
Given that Trump's illegal stunt in Venezuela, bombing Caracas and other cities, kidnapping President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and killing dozens in the course of a single night has been followed by so many others: threats over Greenland, lectures to Europe on its civilization and now the botched war on Iran, on the one hand, there is hardly any mention of Venezuela in the press. On the other hand, there is frequent reference to the 'Venezuela Model' of Trump's imperialism. The assumption is that Trump successfully effected regime change, installed a pliant government in the country, practically a viceroy taking orders from the White House, has made Venezuelan oil and other minerals open to investment by US oil majors who are now set to control Venezuelan oil and even controls Venezuelan oil revenues. Venezuela is, in other words, done and dusted.
But, how much of this is true? With me to do all this are two of the most knowledgeable and committed scholars and activists on Venezuela that I've ever know, Maria Páez Victor and Francisco Dominguez!
on May 3, 2026, 6:52 am