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1898: US Launches Blockade of Cuba

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President McKinley declares a blockade of the northern coast of Cuba and its port at Santiago, an act of war according to international law.

Source: Jane Franklin, Cuba and the US Empire, p. 8

1962: CIA Attack Kills Three in Cuba

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A Cuban coast guard cutter is attacked by a heavily armed boat near Santa Cruz del Norte. Three Cuban soldiers are killed, and five more are wounded. CIA agent Justo Carrillo takes responsibility for the action.

Source: Fabián Escalante, The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, p. 179

1975: US-Trained Military Dictator Seizes Power in Honduran Coup

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US-trained military officer Juan Alberto Melgar Castro seizes power via military coup.

Source: , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

2018: US Warplanes Bomb Wedding Party in Yemen

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"Last month, warplanes belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen repeatedly bombed a wedding party in the northern part of the country, killing more than 20 people, including the bride, and injuring dozens of others. In the days that followed, local media published a photograph of a bomb fragment with a serial number tying it to the U.S.-based weapons manufacturer Raytheon."

"This bomb part was manufactured by the American defense firm Raytheon." (Bellingcat Report)

Source: BellingcatThe Intercept, https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/04/27/american-made-bomb-used-airstrike-yemen-wedding/

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