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Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is an investigative journalist and former Washington, D.C. prosecutor who served as a White House appointed senior official at the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting from 2017-2021. Mr. Shapiro has investigated and written about domestic and international criminal cases, conflicts and legality with an emphasis on Cuban and Russian affairs. He is now the assistant commentary editor for The Washington Times. He can be reached at jshapiro@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

European Union Director-General for International Development, Stefano Manservisi, center left, shakes hands with Ileana Nunez, Cuba's Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, after signing bilateral agreements in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Meanwhile the European Union envoy to Cuba, Alberto Navarro, said the EU would defend itself in court if the Trump administration tried to sanction European firms doing business in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

European Union should redirect Cuban regime aid to Ukraine

Four months ago, this column revealed that Cuba's military dictatorship was abducting and forcibly conscripting an estimated thousands of young Cubans to fight in the Russian armed forces against Ukraine. Published September 12, 2024

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Arrest Maduro on 2020 narco-terrorism charges

This week Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro lied to the world and his people by declaring victory in his country's Sunday presidential elections. Published July 30, 2024

FILE - Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, right, points toward Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. Vance sharply criticized Trump during the 2016 election cycle, before changing course and embracing the former president. Vance is now one of Trump's fiercest allies and defenders and among those short-listed to be Trump's vice presidential pick. AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

A Trump-Vance ticket is a Biden-Harris victory

I served in the Trump administration for nearly four years. One year after President Biden was sworn in, I was surprised and disappointed that my former boss endorsed J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate primaries. Published July 13, 2024

Hamas and the Israeli hostages illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The world has betrayed and forgotten the Israeli hostages

While the pro-Hamas radical left and its allies continue to illuminate the deaths of Palestinian civilians, little weight is given that the terrorist group continues to hold Israeli hostage abducted on Oct. 7. Published May 29, 2024

Navalny and Putin illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Navalny and Putin: The hero and the coward

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died Friday at Polar Wolf, an Arctic supermax prison operating as a corrective labor colony whose inmates are confined in solitary 10-by-7 concrete kennels. Published February 19, 2024

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's war against Catholicism illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Nicaragua’s cruel war against Catholicism

Last year, in the dead of night under a dark August sky, police agents, with orders from Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega, raided the home of Bishop Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagos. Published October 30, 2023

FILE - Israelis opposed to a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary wave Israeli and American flags during a protest in support of President Joe Biden, who criticized the plan this week, outside of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023. As Biden prepares to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in New York, a new poll finds that while Americans generally view Israel as a partner or ally, many question whether his far-right government shares American values. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Stand with Israel

Saturday at dawn the Hamas terrorist organization launched a massive surprise attack against Israel, killing hundreds and injuring thousands with rocket attacks as militant fighters from the Gaza Strip invaded and captured southern villages. Published October 7, 2023

Illustration on being banned in Russia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why I, #467, was banned from Russia

On Friday, May 19, the Putin regime's Ministry of Foreign Affairs banned me from entering the Russian Federation. Published May 25, 2023