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

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Previously titled “Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's stranglehold over Cuba, and other maritime chokepoints before the Strait of Hormuz” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026

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Recorded14 Apr 2026

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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 YorkerDamien Valdez, historian from the University of Cambridge

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