Education has long been a cornerstone of the Cuban Revolution, and universal education is one of its most successful goals. In 1961, Cuba carried out a mass literacy campaign, targeting the rural countryside. Illiteracy declined from 23% to 3.9% that year alone. Today, despite a 66-year-long US blockade of Cuba, the country allots about 14% of its national budget to education. According to the World Bank, Cuba had a 98% literacy rate as of 2021, and according to UNICEF, a 100% primary school completion rate. Education is completely free in Cuba, even to the highest level. This means that in addition to primary and secondary school, university education, postgraduate studies, medical school, and all other fields of study are accessible to Cubans at no charge. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 79 per cent of adults in the United States had sufficient English literacy skills as of 2019. This means that one in five adults in the United States lacks these skills. In September 2025, the Nation’s Report Card revealed that reading scores for high school seniors dropped to the lowest average since 1992, signalling that literacy rates are falling. Reports state that even in the United States' top Ivy League Universities, current students struggle tremendously to read just a single book. Meanwhile, in other schools, some university students struggle to read just a single sentence. Professors at the University of California system are expressing frustration that their students lack basic middle-school math skills. While the United States has long targeted Cuba and its socialist system, it seems that the island country's dedication to investing in accessible educational opportunities for every citizen has generated results superior to those of the capitalist United States, despite the fact that the latter has a much larger economy and more global power.

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BREAKING: Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. After SpaceX raised a record $75 billion in its IPO, Musk’s net worth shot up to top $1.1 trillion when the stock began trading Friday, putting him in an economic class of his own. Combined with his holdings in electric vehicle maker Tesla, as well as other investments and assets, Musk's net worth is now estimated at about $1.1 trillion. Musk's stake in the rocket and satellite company alone is now estimated at a staggering $690 billion, but it's also a life-changing moment for thousands of workers at the company who hold equity. Investors who watched Musk help turn Tesla into an automotive giant are now betting he can do the same in space and artificial intelligence, as SpaceX launches the largest IPO in history.

Today, I am sanctioning Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), under President Trump’s EO 14404. Cuba’s Communist elites have weaponized energy as a tool of social control and kleptocratic profit. For decades, the regime has stolen and hoarded available fuel — using it for the Castros’ private jet, the security services forces used to repress the Cuban people, to keep empty tourist hotels lit up, and to bus people in for fake protests and political stunts — all while the Cuban people have suffered blackouts and waited weeks to fill their cars. President Trump wants a new future for the Cuban people with greater economic and political freedom and opportunity. Until then, we will continue to target the Communist regime’s ability to leverage its energy trade to further its corrupt agenda and violently repress the Cuban people.

Liberal imperialism in one headline.

Gentle reminder that class must lead, whilst identity follows.

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