By, CDR José Adán Gutiérrez, USN (Ret.), Senior Fellow, MSI² LTC Octavio Pérez, US Army (Ret.), Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² Dr Rafael Marrero, Chief Economist & Founder, MSI² This is the first article in a three-part series by the Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute (MSI²). The series examines Ecuador’s...
By, LTC Octavio Pérez, US Army (Ret.), Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² Another run-to-the-press moment, selective listening, and overreaction. Are we really going to restart nuclear testing? A five-day trip, an impromptu press meeting aboard Air Force One—and off we go to the races. If you don’t know...
By, Andrés Alburquerque, Senior Fellow, MSI² It was born not in glory but in exile — in a cold Paris suburb in 1938 — under the double shadow of Stalin’s terror and Hitler’s march. There, Leon Trotsky, hunted by the very revolution he had midwifed, proclaimed a...
By, Pedro Corzo, Senior Fellow, MSI² It is said that Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Fidel Castro agreed in the spring of 1961 that the best way to destroy the United States was by turning its youth into drug addicts. The criminal actions that have taken place in Cuba...
By, Leonardo Morales, Senior Fellow, MSI² The travels of President Donald J. Trump fulfill precise strategic objectives as part of his America First platform, a transformation in the direction of the U.S. and its leading role in the world. President Donald J. Trump’s tours through the Middle East,...
By, Andrés Alburquerque, Senior Fellow, MSI² Useful foreword: I wrote this six years ago. I know that the Fourth International was created by Trotsky in 1938, and it is precisely my point. It's lingering, suspended in time, almost frozen within itself, until the powers that be grab it...
By, Dr. Luis O. Noguerol, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² 1. Introduction: The Rising Cybersecurity Challenge in Latin America In recent years, Latin America has found itself at an increasingly pivotal crossroads in global geopolitics, particularly concerning cybersecurity and telecommunications. As nations across the region rapidly digitize their...
By, Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, Senior Fellow, MSI² Luis Zúñiga, contributor, MSI² It is ridiculous and absurd that in a 3-day visit to Cuba, Mrs. Megan Romer may claim she and her visitors know the reality of Cuba. The usual technique of the Cuban regime (as it was in all...
By, Fabián Calle, Argentina Liaison & Senior Fellow, MSI² The relationship between Javier Milei and Donald Trump cannot be understood solely through ideological affinity or political style. Geopolitical, strategic, and economic factors help explain why the United States, under the current Republican administration, has given such strong...
By, CDR José Adán Gutiérrez, USN (Ret.), Senior Fellow, MSI² LTC Octavio Pérez, US Army (Ret.), Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² Dr. Rafael Marrero, Founder and Chief Economist, MSI² Abstract Two centuries separate the quill that signed the Monroe Doctrine from the steel hulls now patrolling the Caribbean. Yet their...