“The United States looks forward to watching each corner of this sordid triangle of terror fall: in Havana, in Caracas and in Managua,” the regime-change enthusiast said in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, the 58th anniversary of the failed CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

Also on rt.com ‘You will fail again, like in the Bay of Pigs’: Cuban officials rebuff new US sanctions That effort by Washington to stop the Cuban revolution in its “backyard” – a term it often uses in reference to countries south of its border – failed spectacularly. The latest regime change efforts in Venezuela aren’t exactly going to plan, either.

Despite the support from Washington, self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has failed to win over Venezuela’s military, and President Nicolas Maduro remains in power in Caracas. With the US unwilling or unable to actually send in the troops, sanctions and threats are all Washington has left – and Bolton issued plenty of both on Wednesday.

The hawkish adviser trumpeted the latest US move against Cuba: a $1,000-per-quarter cap on money transfers from US residents to their Cuban relatives and associates, as well as additional sanctions and restrictions on tourism. Bolton also announced sanctions on the Central Bank of Venezuela and Bancorp, which he called a “slush fund” for Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega…..More Here