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  "path": "/the-foolishness-of-u-s-policy-toward-cuba/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T23:03:49.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Cuba/USA",
    "Noticia Principal",
    "USA",
    "Barbara Tuchman",
    "Cold War mentality",
    "cuban embargo",
    "Eisenhower and the CIA",
    "Fidel Castro",
    "Fulgencio Batista",
    "Little Havana Cubans",
    "regime change",
    "The March of Folly"
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  "textContent": "History often repeats itself—not because lessons are missing, but because policymakers frequently choose to ignore them. In The March of Folly, historian Barbara Tuchman detailed how governments across centuries pursued policies that were not just misguided but self-defeating. From Troy to Vietnam, the pattern remained the same: leaders pushed forward even when evidence advised them […]",
  "title": "The foolishness of U.S. policy toward Cuba"
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