"As the United States tightens the screws, Cuba's supposed allies respond with nothing but empty gestures and selective solidarity. On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump had a good laugh with members of the press in the US state of Iowa as he issued a rather serious decree regarding the short-term future of Cuba: Cuba will be failing pretty soon. Cuba is really a nation that's very close to failing."
"To be sure, this is not the first time that Trump has predicted the downfall of the Caribbean island nation, which the US has effectively been trying to destroy for no fewer than 67 years ever since the triumph in 1959 of Cuba's communist revolution that overthrew the brutal right-wing dictator and US buddy Fulgencio Batista. This time around, however, the threat carries a bit more weight in light of the Trump administration's abduction earlier this month of Nicolas Maduro, the leftist president of Venezuela."
United States President Donald Trump publicly predicted an imminent Cuban collapse while framing recent US actions against Venezuela as depriving Cuba of crucial oil and funding. The United States has applied sustained pressure on Cuba since the 1959 revolution and escalated measures following the alleged abduction of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. Other nations that portray themselves as Cuban allies have offered only perfunctory support, with Mexican leadership asserting sovereignty while reportedly halting oil shipments under US pressure. Political gestures and verbal solidarity have largely replaced concrete defense of Cuba, leaving the island vulnerable to intensified economic and diplomatic coercion.
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