Cuba, Trump
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Cubans at their limit: ‘How is it possible that in my country they listen to anyone but the people?’
Many Cubans on the island, struggling with daily blackouts or shortages of food and transportation, are urging Donald Trump to act soon
Trump has recently increased pressure on the island nation of Cuba, adding March 17 Washington would be doing "something with Cuba" soon.
Writing on the social platform X late Tuesday, Díaz-Canel said the Trump administration "publicly threatens" Cuba's government almost daily with overthrowing it, and any act of aggression "will clash with an impregnable resistance.
Marco Rubio links U.S. sanctions on Cuba to political change as the island nation faces widespread blackouts and economic crisis affecting millions of citizens.
Cuba's government says it will release 51 people from prisons, in an unexpected move that comes as the Trump administration puts immense pressure on the country.
As Cuba adopts a more belligerent tone following President Donald Trump's talk of "taking" the country, two tankers carrying Russian oil and gas are headed to the island, in defiance of de facto oil embargo the U.
Since January 2026, U.S. tariffs have effectively blocked oil sales to Cuba.
Cuba's Interior Ministry said Wednesday night that the boat was carrying 10 people armed with assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails.
This week the big news is that the United States and Cuba are in high-level talks. Donald Trump brags: "I have the honor of taking Cuba. ... I can do anything I want with it."
All eyes are on Cuba as the world waits to see what will happen to its leaders and people. President Trump says he wants to take action as Cuba defies his sanctions. Two tankers carrying crude oil are on their way to the island after Russia declared its "unwavering solidarity.
The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address national and international issues."
Groups of people from North America, Latin America and Europe will converge in Havana this Saturday in order to deliver over 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the Cuban people, amid the worsening social and economic crisis gripping the island.