Abstract
The Americas department is a division of the Cuban General Directorate of Intelligence (D.G.I.) that manages all of Havana’s covert activities in the Western hemisphere, especially its moves to undercut democracy and capitalism. A handful of strategically placed D. G.I. operatives are assigned the task of implementing programs that are formulated in cooperation with the Kremlin. These agents execute measures intended to divert American society from the orderly pursuit of its national purpose. Cuban intelligence is skilled in manipulating the terrorist groups that are lodged in a targeted country, edging them into using armed propaganda to highlight significant economic and social grievances. The objective of these Communist-contrived terrorist acts is to advertise that the American system of government is in shambles and that Americans lack the will to protect their vital national interests.
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Wolf, J.B. (1989). Covert Cuban Intelligence Operations in the Americas. In: Antiterrorist Initiatives. Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5628-8_9
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