Operation El Toque: A maneuver against the Cuban people

In a televised broadcast on Wednesday night, Cuban authorities unveiled the intricate network of illegal activities orchestrated by the U.S. government as part of its destabilization strategy against Cuba. The focal point of the denunciation was El Toque, a media outlet allegedly financed by the U.S. State Department and intelligence services, which was exposed as a covert instrument of subversion targeting the Caribbean nation. For decades, the U.S. has relentlessly pursued efforts to undermine Cuba, employing various tactics to provoke social unrest and replicate scenarios seen in other parts of the world. In recent years, the U.S. has significantly increased its budget for this multifaceted campaign, aiming to inflict maximum suffering on the Cuban populace. The strategy includes leveraging economic hardship, hunger, and other adversities to erode the nation’s resilience and morale. The economic blockade, coupled with psychological warfare, has been executed with surgical precision, targeting key sectors such as housing, industry, transportation, and daily life. A critical component of this strategy involves distorting Cuban finances and inducing inflation within the domestic market. The U.S. intelligence community has implemented a multi-stage economic warfare plan, encompassing shortages, induced inflation, supply boycotts, and a financial blockade to restrict foreign currency inflows, particularly dollars. Tourism and medical services have been particularly affected. The second phase of this strategy involves the use of U.S.-funded platforms like El Toque to stimulate inflation. Similar tactics have been employed in Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Argentina, and Venezuela. El Toque, masquerading as an independent and objective news source, manipulates exchange rates to degrade the population’s income levels. The director of El Toque, José Jasán Nieves, has been identified as a recipient of U.S. State Department funds, which are purportedly used to cultivate ‘leaders of change’ within the private sector. The media outlet operates akin to professional speculators, profiting from the poverty of the majority without any legitimate economic justification. Cuban authorities have condemned currency trafficking, financial speculation, and mercenary activities as lucrative crimes that exploit the Cuban people, all of which are severely punishable under international law.