<p>The hosts of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://blowback.show/">Blowback Podcast </a>report back from Colombia and Cuba!</p><p><strong>For an extended version of this episode, support the show at </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage"><strong>http://patreon.com/thiswreckage</strong></a></p><p>In Bogota, they attended a conference of the Progressive International that drafted a declaration for countering the Donroe Doctrine. And in Havana, they witnessed immediate results of Trump's full blockade of oil imports, leaving the island with only 3 weeks of fuel before the power grid fails.</p><p></p><p>Along the way we talk about various forms of ice protests in New York, the lack of internationalist power among the (North) American left, the twisting road of recent US-Cuban foreign policy, the afterlife of the Pink Tide, and some tips on visiting Cuba while you still can.</p><p>Show notes: Rubio seeks regime change in Cuba: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/rubio-no-end-to-cuba-sanctions-without-regime-change">https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/rubio-no-end-to-cuba-sanctions-without-regime-change</a></p><p>The Progressive International's San Carlos Declaration: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://progressive.international/wire/2026-01-25-nuestra-amrica/en/">https://progressive.international/wire/2026-01-25-nuestra-amrica/en/</a></p><p>Trump says US in talks with Cuban leadership: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/us-is-in-talks-with-cuban-leadership-says-trump-after-blockade-threats">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/us-is-in-talks-with-cuban-leadership-says-trump-after-blockade-threats</a></p><p>Russia supplying air defenses? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2026/02/02/russian-cargo-plane-arrives-in-cuba-echoing-frantic-caracas-buildup/">https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2026/02/02/russian-cargo-plane-arrives-in-cuba-echoing-frantic-caracas-buildup/</a></p><p>Song: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCboAT94ake5ws2JgzUR7c0Q"><strong>Celina González - </strong></a><strong>Décimas de la Revolución</strong></p>