Infinite War

Episode 6: Ben Rhodes, Let’s Talk: What Cubans Really Want—Freedom

Recent comments from Ben Rhodes about Cuba have reignited an important debate. At Infinite Wars, we believe the best way forward is through honest, open conversation.
That’s why we’re extending an invitation to Ben Rhodes to join the podcast and discuss a question that matters to millions of Cubans on and off the island: What is the ultimate goal for Cuba?
For us, the answer is simple: freedom, democracy, and the right of Cubans to determine their own future. We welcome respectful dialogue, diverse perspectives, and a fact-based discussion about the realities facing the Cuban people. Ben, our invitation is open.

Episode 5: What happens when organized crime, authoritarian regimes, and corruption intersect?

Investigative journalist Maybord Petit exposes how Cuba’s influence and a 1994 meeting with Hugo Chávez helped transform Venezuela into a hub of transnational crime, using drug trafficking, human smuggling, and dark money to erode institutions.The episode traces the rise of a criminal ecosystem, the links between Havana and Caracas, and the threat this network poses to democracies and electoral integrity in the Americas.

Episode 3: How Havana Became a Global Crime Syndicate

This episode examines how the Cuban Revolution provided cover for a disciplined transnational criminal structure and its global reach into drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and mercenary operations.
Ambassador Otto Reich traces the history from the Cold War to today, explains the role of public diplomacy, and makes the case that Cuba functions as a criminal organization undermining democracies and regional security.
 

Episode 2 - What happens when a regime’s influence extends far beyond its borders?

In this episode of Infinite War, legendary Cuban-American Tony Costa recounts his life in pre-revolutionary Cuba and exposes how the Castro regime transformed the island into a repressive, profit-driven state. He discusses mass confiscations, Cuba’s military and medical deployments abroad, human and labor trafficking, and the rise of GAESA as a centralized economic power.Costa contrasts Cuba’s lost prosperity with its current corruption and humanitarian crisis, explains how the regime markets itself abroad, and argues for a return to free markets, property rights, and political freedom to restore Cuba’s future.The interview combines first-hand experience, historical context, and urgent warnings about Cuba’s ongoing threat to regional stability and human rights.

Episode 1 Part 2: What if the Cuban regime’s biggest export isn’t cigars or tourism… but people?

This episode exposes how Cuban "medical missions" were used as a profit-making and destabilizing tool—masking forced labor, falsified health statistics, and the insertion of operatives across the Americas.We trace the impact on public health data, national security, and the broader criminal ecosystem linking rogue states, trafficking, and geopolitical influence.

Episode 1 Part 2: What if the Cuban regime’s biggest export isn’t cigars or tourism… but people?

This episode exposes how Cuban "medical missions" were used as a profit-making and destabilizing tool—masking forced labor, falsified health statistics, and the insertion of operatives across the Americas.
We trace the impact on public health data, national security, and the broader criminal ecosystem linking rogue states, trafficking, and geopolitical influence.

Infinite War: Episode 1- Cuba's Shadow Empire and the Drug Weapon

This episode of Infinite War exposes how Cuban intelligence and Cold War strategies helped turn the global illicit drug trade into a strategic weapon, tracing links from La Corporación and Colombian cartels to modern groups like Cartel de los Soles and the PCC.It explains the historical roots, contemporary alliances with Venezuela and Russia, and the real security consequences for the United States and the wider world.

Infinite War: Episode 1 -Cuba's Shadow Empire and the Drug Weapon

Infinite War explores how authoritarian regimes, intelligence networks, and transnational criminal organizations have shaped global instability through covert alliances, illicit economies, and influence operations across the world.
The episode examines the intersection of geopolitics, organized crime, and state actors, tracing how these networks evolved over decades and how they continue to impact regions across Latin America and beyond.