Peter Kornbluh

He’s going to have to keep his head pretty low from now on,

• said Peter Kornbluh, a specialist on the U.S.-Cuba relationship at the National Security Archive at George Washington University
  The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/05…May 21, 00:00

I think Cuba was a target that was planned even before the assault on Venezuela, and then Venezuela was seen as a steppingstone to Cuba, eventually, and I think once the United States was successful in Venezuela, it was a foregone conclusion that they would go after Cuba,

• Kornbluh told Newsweek
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/cuba/braces…May 16, 08:00

There's still quite a few steps of pain and destruction that the United States has left if it was to increase the pressure even more. Those range from isolating Cuba by cutting off U.S. air flights to an actual military attack,

• Kornbluh said
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/cuba/braces…May 16, 08:00

The Cubans appear to be attempting to circumvent [secretary of state Marco] Rubio and get a clear message directly to Trump,

• said Peter Kornbluh, one of the authors of ‘Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana’, told the WSJ
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Apr 17, 15:01
• said Peter Kornbluh, a historian of U.S.-Cuba relations, told WSJ
  Latin Postlatinpost.com/articles/167267…Apr 17, 00:00

It makes sense that the U.S. and Cuba are engaged in back channel talks, even if they are the result of criminal coercion from the Trump White House,

• said Mr. Kornbluh, a critic of U.S. hard-line economic policies
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…Feb 8, 10:02

The rapid success of US military operations to oust Maduro can only empower the regime-changers in the Trump administration to put other Latin American nations in their crosshairs, starting with Cuba,

• Peter Kornbluh, the coauthor of the book “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana... told CNN
  CNNcnn.com/2026/01…Jan 5, 02:27