Cuba
US General Meets Cuban Military at Guantanamo as Fuel Crisis Forces Havana Toward Negotiation
Rare military dialogue signals tactical shift from Trump's own hardline playbook as oil blockade bites and Beijing positions to preserve influence.
Tariff Truce Masks Hemisphere Tensions
US-China pause buys time through November while Western hemisphere security architecture faces unprecedented strain from Cuba to the Arctic.
US Escalates Cuba Drone Threat Assessment as Iran-China Axis Triggers Hemisphere Defense Shift
Intelligence intercepts show Cuban officials seeking Russian drones while learning from Iran's resistance playbook, prompting CIA director's Havana ultimatum and $54 billion Pentagon counter-UAS reallocation.
Cuba’s Grid Collapses as Fuel Reserves Hit Zero, Triggering 22-Hour Blackouts and Street Protests
Energy Minister's admission of complete diesel and fuel oil depletion exposes cascading failure driven by US sanctions, Venezuelan collapse, and foreign currency shortages.
Trump’s Cuba Gambit Tests New Sanctions Playbook
Maximum pressure meets backchannel diplomacy as US signals potential normalisation after 60 years of isolation.
Cuba’s Grid Collapses Signal Regime Endgame as U.S. Blockade Cuts Off Oil
Three nationwide blackouts in a week expose the Cuban government's inability to sustain basic services under Trump's energy embargo, triggering the worst economic crisis since the Soviet collapse.
Cuba’s Infrastructure Collapse Triggers Rare Street Violence as US Blockade Bites
Protesters attacked Communist Party offices in Morón over cascading blackouts, exposing how energy poverty can fracture authoritarian states—and destabilize an entire region.
Cuba in Darkness: Protests Erupt as Grid Collapses Under US Fuel Blockade
Millions plunged into blackout as American pressure campaign chokes island's energy supply, triggering unrest not seen since 2021.
Cuba’s Triple Crisis: Economic Collapse, Energy Blackouts, and Mass Exodus
The Caribbean island faces compounding internal pressures threatening revolutionary stability as GDP contracts, electricity fails, and over one million citizens flee—marking the most serious legitimacy challenge since the Special Period.
Four Dead as Florida-Registered Speedboat Opens Fire on Cuban Border Patrol
Armed confrontation in Cuban territorial waters comes as Trump administration cuts island's oil supply and threatens military action in Latin America.
Four Dead After Florida Speedboat Firefight in Cuban Waters
Cuban border guards killed four and wounded six aboard US-registered vessel in contested maritime incident that risks inflaming Trump administration pressure campaign.