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'May or may not be a friendly takeover': Trump issues stark warning to Cuba

US President Donald Trump has warned Cuba of a potential "not friendly takeover" of its government, contingent on a deal with the United States. He highlighted the island's severe economic and humanitarian crisis, stating it's "running on fumes" due to dwindling resources and the loss of Venezuelan support. Discussions are…

The Times of India

Regime Change in Cuba: 'Just a Matter of Time'

Trump and other D.C. interventionists feel like they're on a roll.

Reason

Does regime change ever work? History tells us long-term consequences are often disastrous

The latest US-Israeli bombings in Iran differ from last year’s, because one of the stated aims this time is regime change.

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‘Adventurism has had its day’: speedboat shootout leaves Miami’s exiled Cubans bewildered

Few clues over how 10 heavily armed men intercepted on stolen speedboat came together from across Florida or what they hoped to achieve

The Guardian - UK

Deaths on a boat off Cuba spotlight Florida anti-government groups

A fatal shooting on a boat traveling to Cuba is bringing fresh attention to a deep-rooted movement in Florida against the island’s government

The Independent UK

Trump suggests US could carry out ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba

As tensions between two countries reach new highs, US president says regime is ‘talking with us’

The Guardian - UK

Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

A boat carrying 10 heavily armed men entered Cuban territorial waters on Feb. 25, 2026, intent, according to officials in Havana, on infiltrating the island nation and undermining the communist government through acts of sabotage and terrorism. When the men opened fire on an approaching Cuban Border Guard patrol boat,…

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Cuban troops 'kill four' in shootout with US-registered speedboat - everything we know

Cuba says the group came from the US dressed in camouflage and armed with assault rifles, handguns, homemade explosives, ballistic vests and telescopic sights

Evening Standard

Cuba has survived 66 years of US-led embargoes. Will Trump’s blockade break it now?

After toppling Venezuela’s leader earlier this year, the Trump administration has turned its sights on Cuba. The near-total blockade of the island is now posing the greatest challenge to the government since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

The Conversation

Rubio holds ‘secret’ talks with grandson of Cuba’s dictator as Trump tries to bring regime change: report

Trump administration has cut off the flow of subsidized oil to Cuba in an attempt to pressure the country to make economic and political changes

The Independent UK

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

It would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership.

Axios

No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba

Whether you blame the US or the communist regime, there is no doubt that this is an island spiralling into tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Trump administration sets deadline to overthrow Cuban regime, officials say they’re confident it can happen

Venezuela was the first domino to fall.

We Got This Covered

Principles jettisoned, is former Trump foe Marco Rubio playing the long game?

The secretary of state – a neoconservative foreign policy hawk turned America First cheerleader – has defied expectations that he would not last in Trump’s cabinet

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The Conversation

With Maduro gone and Venezuela’s oil cut off, Cuba is isolated and vulnerable

“And when he woke up, the oil was still there…”

The Conversation

Cuba’s leaders just lost an ally in Maduro − if starved of Venezuelan oil, they may also lose what remains of their public support

Footage of a handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being escorted to a Brooklyn detention center will come as uncomfortable viewing for political leaders in Havana.

Euronews

Is Havana next? After Maduro's removal, Cuba loses an ally and fears economic disaster

The Cuban leadership has lost a critical economic ally in Nicolás Maduro, and likely US oil embargo could deepen the island's economic crisis. But according to an expert, it is unlikely to bring people to the streets.

The Guardian - UK

‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US

Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it

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Barron Trump’s “Awkward” Moment At NYE Bash Reignites Paternity Conspiracy Theories

“He’s obviously the real father of Barron Trump, which makes Barron Fidel Castro’s grandson.”

The Conversation

What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce

Something’s missing from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of “Operation Northwoods.” Something that explains the origins of this menu of false flag operations – pretexts for war with Cuba – drafted by the Pentagon in March 1962.

The Independent UK

What to know about how Florida will teach McCarthyism and the Cold War

Students in Florida’s public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era

The Conversation

Why hurricanes rarely kill in Cuba

Hours before Hurricane Melissa roared towards Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, the island’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced that 735,000 people had been evacuated – one in every 15 Cubans. The storm had already smashed into Jamaica, the most powerful to ever strike the island, causing landslides, power failures and…

The Guardian - US

Trump’s military pressure on Maduro evokes Latin America’s coup-ridden past

US forces and CIA actions target Venezuela’s leader, recalling coups and assassinations across the region

The Conversation

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by staring down Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev over the Cuban missile crisis. At least, so goes a standard U.S.-centric interpretation of events.

The Guardian - UK

Raila Odinga obituary

Kenyan politician who contested the presidency five times and whose term as prime minister ushered in a period of calm and inclusivity

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