It will reportedly pay billions of dollars to Cuba for the ability to set up this spy base. Russia is straining under the costs of the Ukraine war, but China has cash to spend. China already may have a listening post in Bejucal, a town south of Havana. The choice of Cuba as a partner for China, though, isn’t all that surprising. The trend - toward more China deals on Florida’s doorstep - is clear. Free-trade deals between Latin American countries and China are becoming more common. China, as the Miami Herald reported, is the largest trading partner for South America. At the same time, though, there is rising concern among members of Congress and the State Department about China’s growing foothold in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cuban leaders also have been supportive of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Īmid all of that, the Biden administration has been working to improve its relationship with China, which hit a new low after the spy balloon incident. That was based in part on reports of Russian officials and diplomats traveling to the island. That this secret deal to create an eavesdropping facility is with China, not Russia, runs counter to recent speculation that Russia was planning to reopen its spy base in Lourdes, a town near Havana. and China, with the worry that China might provide arms to Russia looming over everything.
The war in Ukraine has added a new source of tension between the U.S. While China is considered to be the most consequential threat to the United States as well as its primary economic rival, it is making strong inroads in Latin America. This China-Cuba cooperation, if true, is an aggressive new step in a growing problem for the United States.
Southern Command - in Miami-Dade County - and other military facilities. It would be focused on the United States and give Chinese intelligence agencies a way to track electronic communication in the southwestern U.S, though the region covered would include U.S. It’s a lot more blatant and it’s just 90 miles away - in Cuba.Ĭhina is establishing a spy base in Cuba, according to information first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Now there’s a new threat coming from China. shot it down off the South Carolina coast? Remember the Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States earlier this year, the one the Biden administration said had been capable of collecting intelligence before the U.S.
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