CUBA

Fri, May 22, 2025:

• Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action - AP

Thurs, May 21, 2025:

• US arrests sister of Cuban military conglomerate chief - Reuters

• Russia says it will support Cuba as U.S. tightens the ‘noose’ - Reuters

• Supreme Court Permits Lawsuit Over U.S. Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960 - NYT

Wed, May 20, 2026:

• Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Enters Caribbean as Trump Pressures Cuba

  The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raúl Castro. - NYT

• US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes - AP

Thurs, March 19, 2026:

• Is Russian Oil Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade? A Russian oil tanker is being closely tracked to see if it will challenge the Trump administration’s blockade on Cuba. - NYT

Mon, March 16, 2026:

• Trump Says He Will Have the ‘Honor’ of ‘Taking Cuba’. President Trump’s words came amid a nationwide blackout and as a top Cuban official said his country would move to open the economy to foreign investors. - NYT

Mon, May 18, 2026:

• US military attack on Cuba would trigger ‘bloodbath,’ says Cuban president

  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said Cuba is aware of the threats of military aggression from the U.S. - Politico

Fri, Feb 20, 2026:

• A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba - NYT

Thurs, Feb 5, 2026:

• Mexico seeking way to send fuel to Cuba without being hit by US tariffs - Reuters

Fri, Jan 30, 2026:

• Trump Moves to Cut Off All Oil to Cuba as U.S. Takes Aim at Its Government. President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island. - NYT

Tues, Jan 6, 2026:

• Trump team puts a target on Cuba, with threats and oil blockade. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have made clear that the collapse of Cuba’s communist government is not only a likely side benefit of Maduro’s ouster but a goal. - WP

Wed, July 30, 2025:

• The threat of nuclear war is growing. “The danger today may not be as acute as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. But it is much more diffuse, complicated and unpredictable than it has ever been.” - Bloomberg