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Wall Street Journal

Russia, China, and Iran in America’s Backyard

These adversaries threaten the US with their moves into Latin America.

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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Cuban capitol building in Havana, Cuba. (Getty Images)

The news from Latin America is grim. The reaction from the Biden administration is a yawn.

To reports in this newspaper that China is offering Cuba billions of dollars in exchange for the construction of a sophisticated intelligence facility to be used against the U.S., the White House responded with a classic nondenial denial. The report was “not accurate,” a spokesperson said, which translated from Washingtonese means that the story was largely correct, but it would be politically inconvenient to say so.