After Donald Trump threatened Cuba, pushing it to 'make a deal, before it is too late' and backing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the country, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said 'no one tells us what to do.

Cuban Americans celebrated in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, waving Cuban flags and banging pots and pans outside the Versailles Restaurant after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would cut off Cuba’s supply of Venezuelan oil.

U.S. intelligence has painted a grim picture of Cuba’s economic and political situation, but its assessments offer no clear support for President Donald Trump’s

Cuba confirms 32 intelligence personnel killed in U.S. operation that seized Maduro, exposing extensive Cuban involvement in Venezuela's military systems.

There is no opposition capable of igniting change from the inside. The intricate barter system that Cuba and Venezuela developed to survive U.S. sanctions may be hard to unwind, especially since the regime in Caracas continues to reign,

The fall of Nicolas Maduro threatens to deprive Havana of its main ally, Venezuela, which accounted for 10% of Cuba's trade in 2025. Despite support from Mexico and China, the island nation could see its economic – and social – crisis worsen dramatically.

U.S. pressure is tightening across the Western Hemisphere as Washington warns Cuba, cracks down in Venezuela, Iran’s unrest turns deadlier under blackout conditions, and Minneapolis edges toward federal intervention amid escalating clashes over immigration enforcement.

Conditions on the ground in Cuba are so grim that the Trump administration thinks Havana could fall without any US intervention.