The political ground beneath Cuba's feet is crumbling faster than anyone anticipated. On Sunday, as Air Force One cut through the skies above America, President Donald Trump made a chilling prediction about the Caribbean nation's imminent demise — one that has rippled throughout Latin America and beyond. With Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro now in US custody following a surprise military operation in Caracas, the regime in Havana faces an existential crisis that could reshape the hemisphere's geopolitical landscape in the coming months.
Trump's stark assessment aboard his presidential aircraft left no room for ambiguity. 'Cuba is ready to fall,' he declared to reporters, a statement that encapsulates years of tension, failed socialist economics, and Washington's renewed assertiveness in its backyard.
