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Trump Aides Look for Charges to Bring Against Cuban Officials

Criminal cases would follow model used with Maduro

(Newser) - President Trump is publicly predicting Cuba's government will soon topple, and his administration is quietly testing how far it can push that idea in US courts. A person familiar with internal talks tells NBC News that officials have begun a multiagency review of whether federal prosecutors could bring criminal...

Trump Says He Must Help Choose Iran's Next Leader

He rejects Mojtaba Khamenei, insists on influencing succession process

(Newser) - President Trump says he doesn't just want a say in Iran's future leadership, he insists he has to help pick the next supreme leader. In an interview with Axios on Thursday, Trump said he considers Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son and widely seen favorite...

Another Airline Plans to Halt Flights to Cuba

Air France says flights will be suspended from the end of March until June

(Newser) - Air France announced Wednesday it will suspend flights for several weeks between Paris and Havana given Cuba's fuel shortage and its impact on tourism and other economic activity. The airline said flights leaving from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to Cuba's capital will be suspended starting March 28 and should resume...

Cuba's Tourism Industry Close to Breaking Point

Fuel shortages, blackouts, travel advisories drive off key source of liquidity

(Newser) - Beach chairs are emptying out fast in Cuba, and politics in Washington is a big reason why. President Trump's latest squeeze on the island—targeting both tourism and foreign oil shipments—has collided with an already weak post-pandemic economy to produce fuel shortages , blackouts, and abruptly canceled vacations, reports...

For Cuba, This Needed Change Is an 'Urgent' One

President Miguel Diaz-Canel floats reforms to nation's economic system as US oil blockade bites

(Newser) - Cuba's leader is publicly pushing for economic change as the island buckles under US pressure, but critics say it's more talk than a serious overhaul attempt. In a Monday speech reported by state media, President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for "urgent" shifts to Cuba's economic system, including...

Trump: We Might Have 'Friendly Takeover' of Cuba

Remarks follow fuel blockade and escalating US-Cuba political tensions

(Newser) - President Trump on Friday floated the idea of a "friendly takeover" of Cuba and said the two nations were in negotiations, reports the Hill .
  • "The Cuban government is talking with us," said the president. "They're in a big deal of trouble, as you know. They
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What We Know About the Boat Shooting Off Cuba
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What We Know About the Boat Shooting Off Cuba

Havana alleges that infiltrators from the US tried to land in the country

(Newser) - One full day has not brought much clarity to a jarring incident off the coast of Cuba , one in which Havana accused would-be infiltrators of attempting to reach the mainland in a speedboat "for terrorist ends." The details:
  • The shooting: Cuban officials say one of its coast guard
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Cuba: 4 Shot Dead in Speedboat Were Trying to Infiltrate Country

Marco Rubio says US is conducting its own investigation

(Newser) - Cuba's government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the US who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism, the AP reports. The announcement came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four...

Cuba Says It Killed 4 in Gunfight With Florida Boat

Rubio says US is investigating after report that 4 were killed

(Newser) - Cuba says a gunbattle in its northern waters began Wednesday after a border patrol vessel approached a Florida-registered speedboat to request identification. In a post on X, Cuba's Interior Ministry said the people on the boat, listed as FL7726SH, near Cayo Falcones, then opened fire, injuring the Cuban commander....

US Makes Limited Exception to Cuba Energy Embargo

With humanitarian crisis looming, Canada says it plans to assist island

(Newser) - Washington is opening the tap on fuel headed to Cuba ever so slightly. New Treasury Department guidance says Venezuelan oil can now be resold to private businesses on the island for commercial and humanitarian use, carving out a limited exception to President Trump's energy embargo , the Wall Street Journal...

Cubans Are Now Waiting Weeks, Months for Gas

Government app designed to reduce lines at the gas station is itself overwhelmed as fuel gets scarce

(Newser) - Drivers in Cuba are facing the prospects of waiting several months to refuel their cars, as fuel shortages caused by a US oil siege intensify. To avoid chaos outside gas stations, Cuba's government last week made it obligatory for drivers to use an app known as Ticket to get...

Another Way to Squeeze Cuba: Through Its Doctors

Cuba has for decades sent medical workers abroad, and kept most of their salaries

(Newser) - Guatemala has become the latest country to pull the plug on a decades-old program that brought hundreds of Cuban doctors into the country—with all but a "small fraction" of their salaries going straight to Cuba. The New York Times reports Guatemala's Health Ministry said Tuesday it will...

Air Canada Suspends Flights to Cuba

Cuba says it doesn't have enough jet fuel to refuel aircraft

(Newser) - Air Canada says it is pausing all flights to Cuba starting Monday after airports there warned they can't guarantee aviation fuel supplies. The airline will send in empty planes over the next few days to bring home roughly 3,000 customers already on the island, the CBC reports. The...

Trump Moves to Cut Off Cuba's Oil Supply

Executive order threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Havana

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico, a government that...

Mexico: Decision to Halt Oil Shipment a 'Sovereign' Choice

Sheinbaum denies US pressure as Cuba faces a worsening fuel crisis

(Newser) - Mexico's president is confirming a politically sensitive move while insisting the motive is her country's alone. Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday effectively acknowledged that Mexico has pulled a planned oil shipment to Cuba, telling reporters the choice was "a sovereign decision and it is made in the moment...

Report: Trump Wants Regime Change in Cuba

Washington pressures Havana insiders as Cuba's fragile economy nears collapse

(Newser) - Washington is quietly testing whether the playbook it used in Caracas can be run again 90 miles off Florida's coast. According to US officials and people briefed on internal discussions, the Trump administration is actively looking for senior figures inside Cuba's government who might be willing to help...

For Trump-Supporting Cubans in Florida, Growing 'Unease'

Government policies end special protections, expand detentions and family separations

(Newser) - Cubans in Florida who long believed they were largely shielded from US deportation policies are discovering that their safety net is essentially gone. The New York Times traces how the Trump administration has sharply escalated removals to Cuba, deporting more than 1,600 people in 2025 alone—about twice that...

Man's Death in ICE Custody Raises New Questions

Medical examiner staffer cites possible homicide in Texas; feds say Cuban migrant tried to kill himself

(Newser) - US immigration authorities say a Cuban detainee tried to kill himself at a Texas detention camp. A staffer at the local medical examiner's office who spoke to his daughter, however, suggests the death may be ruled a homicide. In a recorded call shared with the Washington Post , an employee...

Cubans Mourn After Remains Are Returned From Venezuela

Crowds wait in rain to pay their respects

(Newser) - Cuba on Thursday publicly received the remains of 32 citizens killed in the US military operation that toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, turning Havana's main airport into a stage for grief and political messaging. State television carried live images of small flag-draped boxes arriving from Venezuela on Thursday,...

In Cuba, 'It's Never Been as Bad as It Is Now'

About a third of the nation in poverty amid loss of Venezuelan oil, blackouts, food shortages

(Newser) - Cuba's leadership is confronting an economic unraveling that longtime residents and economists say is without precedent since the island nation's revolution in the 1950s. Power outages of up to 20 hours a day, empty ration stores, and waits for gasoline that stretch for months have become routine. "...

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