US national security reaffirms at the UN the end of dictatorships in Latin America

By: Carlos Sánchez Berzaín - 28/09/2026

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The 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly reflected the global geopolitical shift stemming from the United States' national security-driven foreign policy. President Trump stated that he has "no interest in allowing dangers to continue to grow," clearly affirming the end of the Cuban dictatorship, which he believes will also mean the end of its satellite states in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Bolivia.

President Trump stated that “there is no better example of a danger allowed to grow at the expense of the world than the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran,” adding that “the United States will not allow any threat to the United States to take root anywhere in the Western Hemisphere; and, if necessary, we will use our unmatched military might to safeguard America’s vital national interests… We are reaffirming American power, including military power when necessary, in our region and around the world to create a more secure future for all.”

In this context, he stated that “the Cuban regime has also spent decades coordinating with left-wing radicals and communist networks here in the United States. As our State Department has detailed, they have cultivated ties with subversive and radical groups such as the Communist Party USA, Antifa, and the Democratic Socialists of America. Communism will never come to the United States, but freedom will come to Cuba….”

The detail regarding the Cuban dictatorship that Trump referred to at the UN is the State Department report of July 20, 2026 entitled “Cuba the Capital of 21st Century Communism”, which begins by stating that “For almost seven decades, the Cuban regime has waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States…”.

After 99 pages of documentation, history, cases, and evidence, the report concludes by stating: “From its location off the coast of Florida, modern Cuba plays a key role in supporting major foreign terrorist networks. At the same time, the regime continues to operate an extensive field intelligence network in the United States, with significant penetration into sensitive civilian and military institutions on U.S. soil. The danger posed by this intelligence penetration is compounded by Cuba’s new alliances, as the island hosts an increasing number of foreign military, intelligence, and terrorist installations on its own territory, posing an unprecedented threat to U.S. national security… Today, it serves as the connective tissue of a broader anti-American coalition, a stage where the ambitions of Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran converge with radical movements operating within our own borders.”

The report “Cuba, Capital of 21st-Century Communism” is preceded by the “United States National Security Strategy” published in November 2025, which reinstates the Monroe Doctrine with the Trump Corollary. Within this context of official and public U.S. documents, the phrase “but freedom will come to Cuba…” uttered by Trump at the 81st UN General Assembly reaffirms the U.S. strategic necessity and determination—apparently postponed—to end the Cuban dictatorship.

This century has been marked by the expansion of the Cuban dictatorship, which established its system in Venezuela under Chávez and Maduro, in Bolivia under Morales and Arce, in Nicaragua under Ortega and Murillo, and in Ecuador under Correa. Only the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2016, interrupted this cycle, as it was the first defeat suffered by the Cuban dictatorship, which had to withdraw its dead and wounded and abandon Venezuelan territory. Eight days after Maduro's capture, the dictatorship received an ultimatum through a statement from Trump, who said, "The regime faces an urgent decision: reach an agreement with the United States before it is too late."

In the nearly nine months since Maduro's capture, US pressure on the Cuban dictatorship has increased. Negotiations for the end of the Castro regime are evident, even though the regime denies it. It is clear that dictator Maduro had the option to relinquish power and escape with impunity, but the Cuban dictatorship prevented him from doing so. The Cuban people's expectations for their freedom are growing, and there are many speculations, but the evidence is that at the UN, President Trump, 47, just described and reaffirmed that US national security depends on the end of the Cuban dictatorship.

Everything indicates that the Castro regime is applying its well-known strategy of "ceding ground to gain time," with which it has resisted, deceived, and/or manipulated 13 US presidents, including Trump; but geopolitical events make the very near end of the Cuban dictatorship foreseeable, which will bring with it the end of the Nicaraguan dictatorship and the acceleration of the dismantling of the dictatorships in Venezuela (underway under US tutelage and Castro-Chavista resistance) and Bolivia (intact as a plurinational narco-state).

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