Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's Cuba threats, plus how chokepoints like Hormuz have shaped history

About this episode

The episode discusses Cuba's humanitarian crisis and Trump's threats, alongside the historical significance of maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz.

Cuba's leader is defiant in the face of the country's worst humanitarian crisis in decades, while President Trump hints at inflicting more pain. And the Strait of Hormuz is the latest of many maritime chokepoints which, in the past, have destroyed or saved civilisations. Guests: Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer with The New Yorker Damien Valdez, historian from the University of Cambridge

People in this episode

Guests: Jon Lee Anderson, Damien Valdez

Topics covered

• Cuba
• Trump
• humanitarian crisis
• maritime chokepoints
• history
• politics

Keywords

• Cuba
• Trump
• humanitarian crisis
• Strait of Hormuz
• maritime chokepoints
• history
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker

Places: Cuba, United States, Strait of Hormuz

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