Cuba confirmed on April 20 that it recently held direct talks with U.S. officials in Havana, marking a rare diplomatic engagement as tensions persist over Washington's long-standing economic restrictions on the communist nation.
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According to media reports, it appears increasingly likely that as soon as they put their Iran intervention to rest, President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment will initiate a military attack on Cuba.
US officials have urged Cuba to transition from socialism to a market-based economy and compensate American citizens and corporations whose assets were seized in the 1960s, US news outlets reported on Friday and Saturday, citing sources familiar with
The Cuban government attempted to open a direct back-channel with US President Donald Trump last week, tapping a private businessman to hand-deliver a sealed letter to the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources.
President Donald Trump again suggested that U.S. military action could be coming against Cuba as his administration has placed economic pressure on the communist-ruled island nation.
The USGS put the alert level for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses at green, meaning "low likelihood for casualties and damage". The towns of Imias and San Antonio del Sur may have experienced moderate shaking, the USGS added.
Cuba's National Electrical System has suffered what the country's Energy Ministry called a "total disconnection," and the causes are being investigated.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on state television that his government has entered talks with the Trump administration, aimed at "finding solutions through dialogue" to longstanding bilateral differences between the two neighboring countri
The lights are going out in Cuba again, but this time, the blackout is by design. With a stroke of his pen, a US president declared a "national emergency," ordered an oil blockade, and warned every shipowner and government on earth that helping a
As the White House threatens war against Cuba, I am reminded of the charming evenings my parents and I spent at Havana's venerable 'Floridita Bar, sipping a newly invented cocktail, the Margarita, with the renowned writer, Ernest Hemingway.
For 60 years, the 90-mile gap between Florida and Havana has been a geopolitical time capsule, frozen by the longest-running trade embargo in human history. But in 2026, the "gravity" of the Caribbean is shifting
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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that he would be willing to negotiate with the US "without pressure." President Donald Trump is attempting to economically strangle Cuba, and replace the government in Havana.
In a development which sounds reminiscent of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War, a Russian military cargo plane has been observed landing in Cuba, just as Havana is in Washington's regime change crosshairs.
Cubans from all walks of life are hunkering into survival mode, navigating lengthening blackouts and soaring prices for food, fuel and transport as the US threatens a stranglehold on the communist run nation.
Cuba is facing a severe and worsening energy crisis driven by a tightening U.S. blockade, part of President Trump's gunboat diplomacy across the Caribbean region, as reported Sunday, with conditions now deteriorating further as the island's power gri
Trump has sparked fresh controversy by saying the idea of Secretary of State Marco Rubio becoming the "president of Cuba" sounded good to him, while warning Havana to strike a deal with Washington before it is "too late".
American interventionists are besides themselves with glee over the deaths of 32 members of Cuba's national-security establishment who were serving as part of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's security team during the US national-security es