S8 Ep355: SEGMENT 11: TRUMP SEEKS CUBAN REGIME CHANGE Guest: Professor Evan Ellis (US Army War College) Ellis examines the Trump administration's push for regime change in Havana. Dictator Díaz-Canel faces collapsing conditions with no oil, no power, and a broken e

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SEGMENT 11: TRUMP SEEKS CUBAN REGIME CHANGE Guest: Professor Evan Ellis (US Army War College) Ellis examines the Trump administration's push for regime change in Havana. Dictator Díaz-Canel faces collapsing conditions with no oil, no power, and a broken economy driving mass emigration. The Obama administration's engagement offered false hope; now Washington applies maximum pressure on the desperate regime.
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0:00.0	I'm John Batchler. This is the New World Report with Professor Evan Ellis of the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. He's on the road, returning to the unfinished business in Caracas. You will recall Maduro's in custody charged as a criminal with his wife in New York. However, behind are the gang members and the gang leaders of the narco-terrorist state,
0:40.6	the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Defense, and the acting president, Dulce Rodriguez.
0:47.9	We're looking at a situation that is not stable.
0:51.2	However, we also know that a major concern for the Trump administration is not
0:57.0	Caracas. It's Cuba. And this remarks by the Secretary of State immediately after the Caracas raid
1:04.8	on television made it very clear that it was much on the mind in the State Department and in White House.
1:12.5	Cuba, I believe the very carefully spoken Secretary of State, also a national security advisor, Mr. Rubio said it's a challenge, remains a challenge.
1:23.0	I come to an article in the Wall Street Journal in these last hours. I recommend it.
1:28.3	The headline tells the story.
1:31.0	The U.S. is actively seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year.
1:37.7	Subhead, after ousting Venezuela's leader, the Trump administration is searching for Havana insiders who would cut a deal to end communist rule.
1:48.4	This is a kind of story that I've learned over the years had to be given by the government to the Wall Street Journal.
1:56.9	And a fair exchange of, we will tell you what we're thinking and you will publish it in some
2:02.0	passion. So I come to you, Evan, with by the end of the year, the clock, in other words, has
2:08.6	started. What is the prospect, given the decades of bad feelings and blame shifting between
2:16.5	Havana and Washington.
2:17.9	What is the prospect of the raid in Caracas leading to a regime change in Havana?
2:25.5	It seems quite fantastic.
2:27.0	Good day to you.
2:28.6	Good day to you, John.
2:29.4	Well, in my personal opinion, the prospect for regime change in Cuba is very slim, although certainly Marker Rubio,
2:37.0	Secretary of State, head of the National Security Council with his strong strategic grounding
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