Three Russian ships and a nuclear submarine arrive in Cuba this week — the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the frigate Gorshkov, the fleet oil tanker Pashin and the rescue ship Nikolai Chiker. Although Cuba has said that none of the vessels carries nuclear weapons and this is part of the two countries' historical bilateral relations, something about this narrative does not quite sit right.
For the last 65 years, the Cuban dictatorship has been one of the main threats to democracy in Latin America and to the security of the U.S. Since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, following the Russian spy base established in Lourdes, the Bejucal facility, and finally with the 2019 chapter involving Chinese espionage, Havana’s regime has continued to open its doors to America's most dangerous geopolitical enemies.
Cuba is the only country in Latin America that has sent........