måndag 20 juli 2026
US accuses Cuba of high-level infiltration
Cuba has infiltrated the US for decades in a spying operation that has reached all the way to the government, the US State Department claims.
Cuba has "infiltrated the highest levels of the US government, recruited and supported generations of American activists and an unprecedented wave of left-wing terrorism on American soil," a report says.
The report is part of the increased tensions between the US and Cuba, while it has long been known that both countries have spied on each other.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled that Cuba's government could be the next to fall under US pressure, after Venezuela.
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Kuba har under decennier infiltrerat USA i en spionoperation som sträckt sig ända upp till regeringen, hävdar USA:s utrikesdepartement.
Kuba har ”infiltrerat de högsta nivåerna av USA:s regering, rekryterat och understött generationer av amerikanska aktivister samt en exempellös våg av vänsterterrorism på amerikansk mark,” heter det i en rapport.
Rapporten är ett led i de ökade spänningarna mellan USA och Kuba, samtidigt som det varit länge känt att de båda länderna har spionerat på varandra.
President Donald Trump har upprepade gånger signalerat att Kubas regering kan bli nästa att falla under amerikansk press, efter Venezuela.
Drug lord sentenced to life in prison
Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States.
The notorious drug lord led the feared Sinaloa cartel together with the equally notorious Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
Zambada was arrested in Texas in 2024 and chose to cooperate with authorities, including confessing to crimes committed over decades to avoid a death penalty. He is believed to have been the strategist within the organization - but also responsible for directing its assassins, known as sicarios, to kill opponents.
Guzmán was also sentenced to life in prison in 2019, in the same courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, where 76-year-old Zambada was convicted of his crimes.
Houthi movement begins blockade of Saudi Arabia
The Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen says it has begun a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree says in a video statement that the ban on all shipping to Saudi Arabia is a response to the Saudi blockade of all Houthi-controlled ports and airports.
According to him, the blockade is also a reaction to Saudi Arabia attacking the airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa last week. The Houthi movement then shelled an airport in Abha in southern Saudi Arabia.
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