⚡ Intelligence Events Log 4,162
Seizures · Designations · Policy Changes · Infrastructure
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Filmmaker Ernesto Fundora Claims Cuba is "Held Hostage by Satanists"
Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Fundora has made a bold assertion in an interview with CiberCuba, stating that "the Cuban nation is held h...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330115
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Record Power Outages: Nearly 2,000 MW Deficit Expected This Saturday
This Saturday, Cuba faces one of the most challenging days in its extended electricity crisis. The Electric Union (UNE) has forecasted a nighttime ...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330116
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Cuba Blames U.S. Restrictions for 148% Rise in Infant Mortality, Overlooks Domestic Failures
The Cuban government recently released a statement through Cubadebate, attempting to explain the alarming 148% increase in infant mortality rates f...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330117
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Journalism Aptitude Test Requires Completion of Military Service
The University of Havana's Faculty of Communication has set the date for the second round of the Journalism aptitude test, scheduled for Thursday, ...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330118
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Cuban Official Claims U.S. Intentionally Allowed Brothers to the Rescue Flights Despite Warnings
A representative from Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted this week that the U.S. government acted deliberately, rather than negligently, i
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330119
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Trump Administration Accused by Cuban Government of Reviving 1996 Incident to Justify Military Action in Cuba
The Cuban government has accused Donald Trump's administration of using the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft as a...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330121
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Tehran and Washington Edging Closer to Peace Deal, Claims Spokesperson
This Saturday, Iran declared that Tehran and Washington have made significant progress towards a potential peace agreement, facilitated by Pakistan...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330122
📅 2026-05-23
PRESS_ALERT
CubaHeadlines
[CubaHeadlines] Cuban Civil Aviation Reaffirms Absolute Control Over National Airspace Amidst U.S. Tensions
The Cuban Institute of Civil Aviation (IACC) recently shared an institutional infographic on social media, asserting their absolut...
📎 Source: https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/330124
📅 2026-05-23
POLICY_CHANGE
The Cuban regime staged a mass revolutionary-reaffirmation rally as a coordinated response to the formal US indictment of Raul Castro (94) on charges of murder, conspiracy to kill Americans and destruction of aircraft.
📎 Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYqAF32D8cj/
📅 2026-05-23
MILITARY_ACTIVITY
OSINT video (Instagram @despingovery_channel, posted 2026-05-23) tours a DERELICT Cuban strategic SAM air-defense site. Equipment visible across frames: (1) a surface-to-air missile still mounted on its launcher, consistent with the legacy Soviet S-75/SA-2 or S-125/SA-3 family; (2) a rotating acquisition/surveillance radar (curved reflector on a pedestal); (3) fire-control/tracking radar reflectors on lattice masts and towed split-trail carriages; (4) hardened concrete bunkers dug into hillside earth berms with a lattice mast on the high ground. All hardware heavily corroded/paint-peeling/overgrown = long-abandoned, almost certainly non-operational, but intact in place. Tropical vegetation confirms Cuba; exact location not stated on the extractable frames (host narrates it on audio - not captured). Analyzed from 6 still frames (no audio). LOW confidence / readiness-signal value: illustrates decayed state of Cubas static air-defense network. GEO-INFERENCE: location not stated on camera (creator deliberately avoids specifics), but PROBABLY Havana province / western Cuba — channel owner Eddy Ceballos (aka @eddy.pa_.gozar, of humor troupe Pagola la Paga; Cubanet/Marti collaborator) is Havana-based and films locally (La Lisa, San Miguel del Padron, ISA). Fits the military reality: Havana had Cuba's densest legacy SAM ring (S-75/S-125 sites ringing the capital). LOW confidence on exact site.
📎 Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYsdXQkRyx8/
Cubadebate. Source: cubadebate.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/temas/tecnologia-temas/
Cubadebate.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/temas/economia-temas/
📅 2026-05-22
PRESS_ALERT
Axios
[Axios] "He should resign": DNC chair Ken Martin's stock plummets on Capitol Hill over 2024 autopsy
Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin is facing a surge of anger and even some calls to resign from congressional Democrats following the release of the DNC's 2024 election autopsy on Thursday. Why it matters: The chaotic handling of the report builds on concerns among Democrats about Martin's leadership and the DNC's anemic fundraising numbers compared to its GOP counterpart. "He should resign," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) told Axios, citing "his lack of leadership" and saying it is "utterly nuts it took us this long to release the autopsy." In a radio interview Thursday…
📎 Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/22/dnc-autopsy-ken-martin-2024-resign-democrats
📅 2026-05-22
PRESS_ALERT
Axios
[Axios] Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard , President Trump's director of national intelligence, announced Friday she is leaving the administration. Driving the news: Gabbard wrote in her resignation letter that her departure is related to her husband's diagnosis with an "extremely rare form of bone cancer." "At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle," she wrote. "Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage — standing steadfast through my deployment to East Africa on a Joint Special Operations mission, multiple political c…
📎 Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/22/tulsi-gabbard-removed-trump-administration
Reddit signal — sanctions / OFAC / policy: United States has just captured Adys Lastres Morera, sister of Brigadier General Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, head of the GAESA Group
📎 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/cuba/comments/1tk3ztl/united_states_has_just_captured_adys_lastres/
US federal indictment names Cuban military pilot Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft (4 killed) — the same case indicting Raúl Castro. Reported by Martí Noticias; surfaced via @mariojpenton (Instagram) 2026-05-22. Adds a named MiG pilot to the shootdown prosecution. Update: Gonzalez-Pardo entered the US on humanitarian parole under the Biden administration, lived in Jacksonville FL, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud in January 2026, and is set for sentencing on 2026-05-28 in Jacksonville federal court. He is the only indicted defendant inside the US and could testify; if convicted under the new indictment he faces possible life imprisonment.
📎 Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnOXYpD1-_/
📅 2026-05-22
MILITARY_ACTIVITY
Cuban-American journalist Mario J. Pentón (@mariojpenton, Instagram) posted footage reportedly showing the regime moving war materiel in eastern Cuba (oriente). Single-source social video amid heightened US–Cuba military tension; commenters dispute the equipment's age/condition. UNVERIFIED / low confidence — pending corroboration.
📎 Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYqKQmXj1tI/
Informan nueva tarifa para la venta de los excedentes de electricidad de las personas que dispongan de fuentes renovables › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC. Source: granma.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: https://www.granma.cu/cuba/2026-05-21/informan-nueva-tarifa-para-la-venta-de-los-excedentes-de-electricidad-de-las-perso
Supreme Court of the United States
📎 Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10862763/havana-docks-corp-v-royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/
Cubadebate. Source: cubadebate.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/especiales/
Cubadebate. Source: cubadebate.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/temas/economia-temas/
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) carrier strike group arrives Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Seas 2026, announced by SOUTHCOM on Cuba Independence Day (May 20). Includes CVW-17 (F/A-18E Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, C-2A Greyhounds), USS Gridley (DDG-101 Arleigh Burke destroyer), USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201 replenishment oiler). Highest US-Cuba military tension in decades.
📎 Source: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5888335-uss-nimitz-caribbean-cuba-trump/
Cuba 2026-05-20: Protests ongoing in 12+ Havana municipalities. Blackouts 20-22h/day. Power generation 636 MW vs 2,420 MW demand. Summer forecast as worst unrest since 11J (July 2021). Cuba declared total fuel exhaustion May 14.
📎 Source: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2026/05/17/cuba-crisis-deepens-as-blackouts-worsen-protests-grow-in-havana/
Raúl Castro (94) indicted by US DOJ at Miami Freedom Tower ceremony on 2026-05-20. Charges for ordering 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft in international airspace, killing 4 (3 Americans). Acting AG Blanche + FBI Dep Dir Raia. Symbolic — no extradition treaty.
📎 Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/politics/behind-the-decades-long-effort-to-indict-raul-castro
Cubadebate.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2026/05/19/vladimir-putin-llega-a-beijing-visita-oficial/
📅 2026-05-19
DESIGNATION
🏢 MININT / PNR / DGI + 11 Cuban officials
OFAC / State Dept
👤 Mayra Arevich Marín
US sanctions Cuba's Ministry of Interior (MININT), Policia Nacional Revolucionaria (PNR), Directorate of Intelligence (DGI), and 11 officials including: Justice Minister Rosabel Gamon Verde, Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy, Communications Minister Mayra Arevich Marín, National Assembly President Esteban Lazo, PCC Secretary Roberto Morales Ojeda
📎 Source: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/sanctions-to-counter-threats-posed-by-the-cuban-regime
Cubadebate.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/noticias/
📅 2026-05-18
MILITARY_ACTIVITY
🏢 Cuba regime "bloodbath" threat
Cuban government
👤 Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel publicly warned that US military action against Cuba "will cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences," citing Cuba's 300+ military drones and right to self-defense.
📎 Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/americas/cuba-president-bloodbath-us-military-latam-intl
Cubadebate. Source: cubadebate.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/categoria/temas/politica-temas/
Cubadebate. Source: cubadebate.cu via Wayback snapshot.
📎 Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/etiqueta/cuba/