With Marco Rubio’s unanimous confirmation as secretary of State, now is the time to stand up to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Rubio has a history of standing up to the Cuban regime while in the Senate, there is no reason he… Read More
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, VOC Academic Council Member Dr. Sean McMeekin reviews Tsuyoshi Hasegawa’s The Last Tsar, a book highlighting the “dramatic end of Nicholas II’s reign” amidst the rise of communism in Russia: “More than a century… Read More
As America remembers Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a giant of the civil rights movement, his opposition to communism also bears studying. In a 1953 sermon entitled, “Communism’s Challenge to Christianity,” King argued that the struggle between Marxist… Read More
The Biden administration just announced a deal to delist Cuba as a state sponsor of terror. In return, the communist regime will release more than 500 political prisoners whose only crimes are that they chose to peacefully stand against abject… Read More
The world is buzzing with ongoing speculation about how President-elect Donald Trump will lead during his second term. This is particularly true when it comes to foreign policy. More or less support for Ukraine? Israel? Taiwan? A course change toward… Read More
On November 30, 2024, Manuel de Jesús Guillén Esplugas died in a Cuban prison, officially attributed to asphyxiation from hanging. However, Manuel’s body and his clothes bore signs of torture, including muddy footprints and urine-soaked pants. In the video that… Read More
A few days ago in Madrid, I had the opportunity to meet with two independent Cuban journalists. They were in the city to offer a firsthand account of the grim realities on the island. As our conversation began, one of… Read More
Every November, the free world recognizes Victims of Communism Day, remembering the dreadful consequences that followed the Bolshevik takeover of Russia on November 17, 1917. Communism’s grisly crimes are vast and well-documented, and there is no single country with more victims… Read More
Recently at a conference in Madrid, Elisa Trotta, former ambassador of the Venezuelan government in exile in Argentina, said something incredibly poignant: “In Venezuela, time is measured in victims.” It was an expression of pain, one that describes life under the… Read More
Venezuela’s authoritarian regime continues to escalate its human rights abuses, with one of the most disturbing trends being the detention and torture of women and children. As the regime clings to power, it systematically targets vulnerable populations, transforming them into… Read More
