Is China secretly watching the US from Cuba ?In the island nation of Cuba roughly 160 kilometres away from Florida, China is allegedly building an electronic eavesdr

Is China secretly watching the US from Cuba ?

In the island nation of Cuba roughly 160 kilometres away from Florida, China is allegedly building an electronic eavesdropping facility to 

on US soil. Apparently, the US Central Command located in North Carolina is the farthest point that the radars of Chinese espionage operations can reach if the report holds any factual validity since the reports are perceived with a dilemma by White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby, who 

While the Chinese and Cuban governments deny such an event, it is interesting to note how powers that are perceived as rivals to the Western-led world order, have been strategically focusing on Cuba as a point of contact for espionage on American soil.

The use of Cuba as the base of operations for exercising subversion of the US is perceived as a disregard for the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. The doctrine mandated all the-European colonists to stay away from the internal politics of nations in the Caribbean which the US considered as its backyard. Since then, any political interference in nations falling within this region by an outside power is perceived as a national security concern by Washington.

operated through a SIGINT facility on the island of Lourdes, which falls South of Havana, to spy on American soil. The facility was closed by Vladimir Putin in 2000. 

However, the US is also accused of using Taiwan as an espionage base against China as the US keeps an eye on activities in the South China Sea, the geography that China considers its own “Caribbean.” This was later confirmed by the head of 

who told the parliament that Taiwan was involved in real-time encrypted intelligence sharing with the Five Eyes nations, an international espionage group led by the US and its allies. 

The Cuban economy, which is recovering from economic turbulence, blames the American-mandated restrictions on Cuba which affected the flow of remittances from the US to Cuba. While such an event can be considered as psych-op since all parties involved deny the presence of any such event, this showcases the complexity of security concerns in the modern world.

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