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: Franklin (2016), Cuba and the US Empire: A Chronological History. Monthly Review Press, 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: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962. Ocean Press, 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.

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)

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