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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

Nicaragua and Cuba in the mirror of Venezuela

The troika of tyranny in Latin America consists of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, but they require differentiated policies due to their unique circumstances.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade

Cuba plans to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week amid US pressure for political change.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US

The arrival of a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in Cuba suggests ongoing negotiations between the US and Cuba despite the oil blockade.
Europe news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba, the 1st since US blockade

A Russian tanker delivered 730,000 barrels of crude oil to Cuba, providing relief amid severe shortages due to US sanctions and blockades.
Miami food
fromThe Nation
2 days ago

Solidarity Under Siege

US Customs and Border Protection targeted American citizens returning from a humanitarian aid convoy to Cuba, seizing their electronics and questioning them for hours.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

Nicaragua and Cuba in the mirror of Venezuela

The troika of tyranny in Latin America consists of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, but they require differentiated policies due to their unique circumstances.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade

Cuba plans to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week amid US pressure for political change.
fromFortune
1 day ago

New Gingrich wants to drop a nuke on the Strait of Hormuz. America actually looked at the same thing in 1977 in Latin America | Fortune

The idea for a new canal to move oil from the Middle East had emerged two decades earlier, in the context of another Middle East conflict, the Suez crisis. In 1956, Egypt seized the Suez Canal from British and French control, causing the price of oil to spike for European consumers.
World politics
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Returning from a humanitarian aid trip to Cuba, Americans have phones seized at US airport

Members of a convoy that delivered humanitarian aid to Cuba were detained and interrogated by Customs and Border Protection upon returning to the United States on a charter flight from Havana.
US politics
#cuba-policy
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Trump Threatens Cuba: I Can Take it' and Do Anything I Want With it'

President Trump stated he will take Cuba in some form, citing the nation's weakened state, communist leadership's violence, and ongoing humanitarian crisis including fuel shortages and power grid failures.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

Donald Trump Declares Cuba Is 'Going To Fall Too' After Iran

Trump promises Cuba's regime will fall after Iran, threatening to cut all oil and money to force the Cuban government into negotiations following Venezuela's political change.
#us-cuba-relations
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba vows 'unbreakable resistance' to any takeover attempt

Cuban President Diaz-Canel vows unbreakable resistance to US takeover threats, attributing Cuba's economic crisis to decades of American economic warfare and isolation.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump's threats to take' Cuba signal rising US pressure as island grapples with power crisis

Donald Trump threatened to take Cuba following a nationwide blackout, using explicit language about US intervention that historians say hasn't been heard in nearly a century.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba vows 'unbreakable resistance' to any takeover attempt

Cuban President Diaz-Canel vows unbreakable resistance to US takeover threats, attributing Cuba's economic crisis to decades of American economic warfare and isolation.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump's threats to take' Cuba signal rising US pressure as island grapples with power crisis

Donald Trump threatened to take Cuba following a nationwide blackout, using explicit language about US intervention that historians say hasn't been heard in nearly a century.
#cuba-regime-change
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago
Miami

Justice Department targets Cuban officials, aims for indictments

The Justice Department formed a working group to examine federal charges against Cuban government officials, with Treasury Department involvement suggesting potential additional sanctions and possible regime change efforts.
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago
World news

Cuba, Donald Trump's next target

Trump pressures Cuba to negotiate with the U.S., viewing regime change as inevitable following Venezuela's political shift and positioning Cuba as his next geopolitical target.
Miami
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

Justice Department targets Cuban officials, aims for indictments

The Justice Department formed a working group to examine federal charges against Cuban government officials, with Treasury Department involvement suggesting potential additional sanctions and possible regime change efforts.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Cuba, Donald Trump's next target

Trump pressures Cuba to negotiate with the U.S., viewing regime change as inevitable following Venezuela's political shift and positioning Cuba as his next geopolitical target.
#havana-syndrome
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

The Biggest Coverup': 60 Minutes Investigation Points to Microwave Weapons as Cause of Debilitating Havana Syndrome'

A nine-year investigation reveals a microwave-based weapon obtained by U.S. intelligence can cause the brain damage associated with Havana Syndrome affecting American officials since 2016.
fromSun Sentinel
1 month ago

Florida revives a long-dormant probe into Raul Castro over 1996 shootdown of exile group's plane

When this came to my attention, we reactivated the files. So yes, that investigation will be ongoing. I can't really say too much more at this point, but we are going to continue this investigation. I know a lot of members of the state legislature and other people here in Florida would like to see some resolution and ideally account.
Miami
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

The People's Self-Defense Forces, the group behind the terrorist infiltration' in Cuba

Ten Cuban exiles from the People's Self-Defense Forces were killed or wounded during a fatal confrontation with the Cuban Coast Guard after attempting an armed infiltration mission to Cuba.
#cuba-us-relations
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Cuba confirms talks with US amid a fuel shortage crisis

Cuban President Diaz-Canel confirmed ongoing talks with the Trump administration aimed at resolving bilateral differences through dialogue based on equality, respect, and sovereignty.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Cuba confirms talks with US amid a fuel shortage crisis

Cuban President Diaz-Canel confirmed ongoing talks with the Trump administration aimed at resolving bilateral differences through dialogue based on equality, respect, and sovereignty.
#cuba-us-tensions
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

US military is not preparing for Cuba takeover, top general tells lawmakers

The US military is not preparing to invade Cuba but remains ready to protect the embassy, Guantanamo Bay, and address potential mass migration if necessary.
World news
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Is Strangling Cuba To Death | Defector

The U.S. has intensified economic sanctions on Cuba to unprecedented levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, creating severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel that have triggered island-wide blackouts and a humanitarian crisis.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

First international aid convoy carrying five tons of medical supplies arrives in Cuba amid tension with the US

The initiative, spearheaded by the Progressive International, a left-wing transnational organization, and supported by well-known activists such as Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, aims to alleviate the crisis gripping Cubans amid heightened tensions with the Trump Administration, which is demanding a change in the island's leadership.
World news
#uscuba-relations
World news
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Cuba's Electrical Grid Has Collapsed as Trump Threatens to "Take" the Island

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed due to a three-month oil embargo, creating a humanitarian crisis amid U.S. sanctions and Trump administration pressure for regime change.
#cuba-energy-crisis
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba's electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade

Cuba's national electric grid collapsed, leaving 10 million people without power due to US oil blockade and loss of Venezuelan fuel supplies.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba hit by island-wide blackout amid Trump oil blockade

Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout due to lack of oil shipments from Venezuela, caused by US sanctions blocking Venezuelan oil deliveries and Trump administration pressure on other oil suppliers.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba's electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade

Cuba's national electric grid collapsed, leaving 10 million people without power due to US oil blockade and loss of Venezuelan fuel supplies.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Cuba hit by island-wide blackout amid Trump oil blockade

Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout due to lack of oil shipments from Venezuela, caused by US sanctions blocking Venezuelan oil deliveries and Trump administration pressure on other oil suppliers.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Protests erupt in Cuba as US restrictions spark food, energy shortages

What began peacefully, after an exchange with the authorities in the area, degenerated into vandalism against the headquarters of the municipal committee of the Communist Party, the state-run newspaper Invasor said of the incident. Unverified videos of the incident show protesters breaking into the office and throwing stones at a burning building. Shouts of liberty could be heard in one of the videos, according to the news agency Reuters.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

From the Bay of Pigs to the capture of Maduro: Over half a century of waiting for the fall of Castroism

they won't sit with novices or enthusiastic tourists visiting Calle Ocho, the heart of the disapora in Miami, to admire the nostalgic murals of Cuban exile, but rather be able to play one-on-one with their own kind, those who know Little Havana, people who left Cuba and helped build a city on the swamp that was Miami, who spend long hours thinking about what a return would be like and who never stop talking about politics.
US politics
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Is Cuba Next?

The US is pursuing renewed hemispheric imperialism targeting Cuba for regime change, with Trump and allies threatening economic strangulation and symbolic domination.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Russia's Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions unacceptable'

Russia condemns US restrictions on Cuba, rejects a naval blockade and frames cooperation with Cuba as non-threatening while Cuba faces severe fuel shortages.
#cubaus-relations
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

UN warns of humanitarian collapse in Cuba as US seeks to block oil supplies

UN warns Cuba faces humanitarian collapse if oil supplies are blocked while the US threatens tariffs on any country supplying the island.
World news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

After Venezuela attack, Cuba watches the U.S. warily

The Monroe Doctrine and the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion shape Cuban distrust of U.S. expansionism and heighten concern over U.S. actions in Venezuela.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Mexican ships arrive in Cuba with humanitarian cargo amid US oil blockade

President Sheinbaum called for dialogue and pledged to send more supplies as soon as the two ships return to Mexico. Two Mexican ships bearing humanitarian aid have docked in the harbour of Cuba's capital Havana, as the United States continues its efforts to cut the island off from outside fuel supplies. On Thursday, pedestrians on Havana's seawall watched as the ships, one of which was the Papaloapan, unloaded white pallets on shore.
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fromAxios
1 month ago

Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro

U.S. sanctions and Cuban government mismanagement have pushed Cuba toward collapse while U.S. lawmakers seek Raul Castro's indictment over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

US military kills 3 in latest attack on boat in the Caribbean

US air strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 130 people since September, including a recent strike killing three.
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