Infinite War

In this episode of Infinite Wars, Padre Alberto and Hugo Acha discuss the systematic suppression of religious freedom in Cuba. Padre Alberto shares his personal experience of being placed on a government blacklist, which prevented him from seeing Pope John Paul II during the Pope's historic visit to the island. 

In Episode 8 of Infinite War, host Hugo Acha welcomes investigative journalist and ADN Cuba founder Gelet Martínez Fraguela for an in-depth discussion on Cuba's global influence apparatus and its role in today's geopolitical landscape.   Drawing on years of investigative research, Gelet explains why understanding these influence networks is essential to understanding today's international conflict...

Is Cuba merely a Caribbean island, or does it remain one of the most important geopolitical challenges facing the United States? In this episode of Infinite War, Erik Cartelle joins Hugo Acha to examine Cuba’s role in advancing the interests of America’s adversaries just 90 miles from U.S. shores. From intelligence collection and foreign influence operations to the regime’s relationships with Chin...

Recent comments from Ben Rhodes about Cuba have reignited an important debate. At Infinite Wars, we believe the best way forward is through honest, open conversation. That’s why we’re extending an invitation to Ben Rhodes to join the podcast and discuss a question that matters to millions of Cubans on and off the island: What is the ultimate goal for Cuba? For us, the answer is simple: freedom, de...

Investigative journalist Maybord Petit exposes how Cuba’s influence and a 1994 meeting with Hugo Chávez helped transform Venezuela into a hub of transnational crime, using drug trafficking, human smuggling, and dark money to erode institutions. The episode traces the rise of a criminal ecosystem, the links between Havana and Caracas, and the threat this network poses to democracies and electoral i...

This episode examines how the Cuban Revolution provided cover for a disciplined transnational criminal structure and its global reach into drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and mercenary operations. Ambassador Otto Reich traces the history from the Cold War to today, explains the role of public diplomacy, and makes the case that Cuba functions as a criminal organization underm...

In this episode of Infinite War, legendary Cuban-American Tony Costa recounts his life in pre-revolutionary Cuba and exposes how the Castro regime transformed the island into a repressive, profit-driven state. He discusses mass confiscations, Cuba’s military and medical deployments abroad, human and labor trafficking, and the rise of GAESA as a centralized economic power. Costa contrasts Cuba’s lo...

This episode exposes how Cuban "medical missions" were used as a profit-making and destabilizing tool—masking forced labor, falsified health statistics, and the insertion of operatives across the Americas. We trace the impact on public health data, national security, and the broader criminal ecosystem linking rogue states, trafficking, and geopolitical influence.

This episode exposes how Cuban "medical missions" were used as a profit-making and destabilizing tool—masking forced labor, falsified health statistics, and the insertion of operatives across the Americas. We trace the impact on public health data, national security, and the broader criminal ecosystem linking rogue states, trafficking, and geopolitical influence.

This episode of Infinite War exposes how Cuban intelligence and Cold War strategies helped turn the global illicit drug trade into a strategic weapon, tracing links from La Corporación and Colombian cartels to modern groups like Cartel de los Soles and the PCC. It explains the historical roots, contemporary alliances with Venezuela and Russia, and the real security consequences for the United Stat...

Infinite War explores how authoritarian regimes, intelligence networks, and transnational criminal organizations have shaped global instability through covert alliances, illicit economies, and influence operations across the world. The episode examines the intersection of geopolitics, organized crime, and state actors, tracing how these networks evolved over decades and how they continue to impact...