"The Wall Street Journal reported late last month that President Donald Trump's administration is "emboldened" by its kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and is now "searching for Cuban government insiders who can help cut a deal to push out" the government of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has expressed openness to talks with the US - but not under economic coercion."
""The Trump administration has assessed that Cuba's economy is close to collapse and that the government has never been this fragile after losing a vital benefactor in Maduro," the Journal noted. "Officials don't have a concrete plan to end the Communist government that has held power on the Caribbean island for almost seven decades, but they see Maduro's capture and subsequent concessions from his allies left behind as a blueprint and a warning for Cuba.""
The Trump administration threatened tariffs on any country selling oil to the Cuban government and vowed to bar Venezuelan oil and money from reaching Cuba after Maduro's abduction. Depriving Cuba of its largest oil source has produced a rapidly worsening energy crisis, forcing emergency steps such as curbing transportation services and shortening work and school hours. Cuban officials announced measures and insisted the country will not collapse. White House figures, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have pushed for overthrow of the Cuban government and reportedly seek insiders to negotiate the government's removal.
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