UMVA has learned that a complex web of espionage and coercion is tightening around the United States, as China deepens its foothold in Cuba, creating a perilous backdoor to threaten American interests.
The Trump administration is fiercely opposed to the Cuban regime, not only because it denies basic human rights and democracy to its citizens, but also because Havana permits China to maintain intelligence facilities on the island, posing a direct threat to U.S. national security.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that China is actively expanding its signals intelligence infrastructure in Cuba, with satellite imagery confirming major construction at several facilities, including Bejucal, Wajay, and Calabazar near Havana, and El Salao, located roughly 70 miles from the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that these facilities provide coverage of approximately 20 U.S. military installations in Florida, including U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters, the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and multiple submarine bases.
In a development reported by UMVA, a May 2025 letter from the House Homeland Security Committee warned that China is positioning itself to "systematically erode U.S. strategic advantages without ever firing a shot" by combining telemetry interception, geospatial intelligence, and electromagnetic surveillance.
UMVA has gathered that China has provided nearly $8 billion in financing to Cuba since 2000, and in 2023, Beijing agreed to pay Cuba several billion dollars for the rights to establish electronic eavesdropping facilities on the island.
Cuba's intelligence cooperation with China extends into human intelligence, with former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Manuel Rocha allegedly serving as a Cuban intelligence asset inside the U.S. government for 15 years, helping shape Washington's foreign policy toward the Western Hemisphere.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio identified Cuba as a direct and growing national security threat, stating that "Cuba not only has weapons that they've acquired from Russia and China over the years, but they also host Russian and Chinese intelligence presence in their country, not far from where we're standing right now."
An Axios report from May 17, 2026, citing classified U.S. intelligence, stated that Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran since 2023, with Cuban military officials discussing scenarios involving their use against the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, U.S. military vessels, and Key West.
Since February 2026, the U.S. Air Force has conducted at least 25 reconnaissance flights near Cuba under Operation Southern Spear, deploying RC-135V Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft to assess Cuban military capabilities and defense systems.
The Trump administration has pursued Cuba across diplomatic, legal, economic, and military tracks simultaneously, imposing tariffs on any country supplying oil to Havana, and extending secondary sanctions to all foreign entities that provide material support to the Cuban government or any designated Cuban entity.
On May 20, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against 94-year-old former Cuban President Raúl Castro on charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder in connection with the 1996 Cuban Air Force shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft that killed four men.
Since January 2026, the administration has imposed more than 240 new sanctions against Cuba and intercepted at least seven tankers carrying oil to the island, slashing Cuba's energy imports by 80 to 90 percent.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana in May 2026 and issued a direct ultimatum: structural political changes in exchange for sanctions relief, with an explicit warning that the offer would not remain open indefinitely.
The Pentagon report due this month will define, for the first time in official terms, the full scope of what the Trump administration is demanding Cuba dismantle, and what it is prepared to do if Havana refuses.
