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Political risk analysis and policy intelligence from Jason Poblete, international lawyer, and Dr. Yleem Poblete, Ph.D., a seasoned foreign policy expert — written from experience, not from a distance.

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    You Never Know the Day or the Hour (opens the original)

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    On the morning of September 24, at the Benedictine Sisters’ Abbey in Jarosław, Poland, near the Ukrainian border, a man took a kitchen knife and stabbed five people shortly before Mass. Three were priests. One did not survive. Before reading through this short dispatch, what comes to mind? Father Stanisław Zbojnowicz was sixty-seven and had served that community for years. Witnesses say he left the confessional when he heard the noise, trying to protect the people inside. Was it terrorism? For n

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Guest Dispatch: The Risk of Practicing Independent Journalism Under a Tyrannical and Totalitarian System (opens the original)

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    Idolidia Darias is a distinguished Cuban journalist, writer, and researcher born in Falcón, Las Villas, in 1960, who is widely recognized for her exhaustive work with organizations like the Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo to preserve the silenced history of the Escambray peasant resistance. Through her extensive reporting for Martí Noticias and compelling broadcast features on platforms, she has meticulously uncovered forbidden testimonies from survivors and vict

  3. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    What Cuban law calls a "private sector" (opens the original)

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    If you follow the Cuba issue at all, and you want to dig deeper into what may be going on between the US and Cuba, you’ll need to go beyond the social media slop. Posts about America prepping for an invasion, or Secretary Rubio installing a viceroy, and other off-the-wall statements are either propaganda or, more precisely, uninformed ramblings.In this post, we will introduce, at a very basic level, what Cuban law calls the “private sector.” It is a legal fiction that functions as a sanctions-ev

  4. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Pledges Are Not Payments (opens the original)

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    Journalist Ben Weinthal reported recently that Qatar has “pumped at least $2 billion” into Iran-backed terrorist “Hamas’ coffers.” In Ben’s story, an “IDF military official stressed that Hamas’ capture of hostages is a key tactic. He cited the example of Israel agreeing to release over 1,000 Palestinian terrorists, including the mastermind of the October 7 invasion, Yahya Sinwar, to secure the freedom of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011.”This is a good reminder that Qatar&

  5. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Inner Lens: I Thirst (opens the original)

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    “I Thirst.” — John 1:28This Inner Lens is about last words and moments.Before reading, what do you see in this image?<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="542" src="https://substa

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