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Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

  • Written by William M. LeoGrande, Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
imageCuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on Feb. 25, 2026.Adalberto Roque/ AFP via Getty Images

A boat carrying 10 heavily armed men entered Cuban territorial waters on Feb. 25, 2026, intent, according to officials in Havana, on infiltrating the island nation and undermining the communist government through acts of sabotage and...

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