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Trump Offered Cuba Oil and U.S. Investment, but Miami Politics Sank the Deal - REPORT

The Trump administration offered Cuba oil and the possibility of U.S. investment in its crumbling energy sector during secret negotiations that ultimately collapsed under political pressure in Miami and resistance from Havana, according to an exclusive report by the Miami Herald.

Latin Times

A country without evenings: Cuba's blackouts pass 24 hours as Washington targets the firm that keeps its power plants running

The United States has imposed new sanctions on Cuba, targeting key energy import companies. These measures aim to worsen the island's ongoing severe energy crisis. Daily blackouts now extend beyond twenty-four hours, impacting essential services like water. Cuban officials criticize the sanctions, calling them economic strangulation and genocide. Despite challenges,…

The Economic Times

Blackouts, fuel shortages and empty taps: How Cuba’s energy crisis is disrupting daily life

Cuba faces a severe crisis with prolonged power outages and fuel shortages affecting daily life. Water supplies are increasingly unstable, creating significant health risks for citizens. United States energy pressure on Cuba has intensified, impacting vital import companies. This situation stems from a long-standing dispute between Washington and Havana since…

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Raúl Castro Is Reportedly Stable After a Stroke: What That Means for Cuba and Miami

Raúl Castro is hospitalized and reportedly stable after a stroke. Miami's Cuban exiles react — split between vindication and doubt.

Latin Times

Cuban Migration to Brazil Surges Past 90,000 as Trump's Cuba Blockade Closes the Path North

Cuban asylum filings in Brazil have topped 90,000 as Trump's Cuba blockade and closed U.S. pathways redirect a historic exodus south.

Latin Times

Cuba Says "There Are No Negotiations" With Trump — And Its Birth Rate Is Collapsing

Cuba's Washington envoy says U.S. talks are frozen as an oil blockade tied to Venezuela's fall strains hospitals, with an invasion threat still looming.

Latin Times

Cubans Describe a Deepening Crisis in Basic Services: 'We're Struggling in Almost Every Way'

Crippling blackouts, soaring inflation, and severe water and medicine shortages leave millions of Cubans struggling to secure basic daily necessities.

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Sanctions Over Speed: How the White House Quietly Recalibrated Its Cuba Bet

Seven months after Maduro's capture, Trump's predicted Cuba collapse hasn't arrived — Rubio now talks years, not weeks, as sanctions grind on.

Latin Times

Cuba Loses Another Ally as Dominican Republic Expels Its Diplomats — Havana's Circle of Friends Shrinks Again

Santo Domingo expelled nine Cuban diplomats with no public reason; Havana blames U.S. pressure amid Cuba's deepening regional isolation.

Latin Times

Cuba's ex-president Raul Castro makes rare public appearance after US indictment

Cuba's Raul Castro made a rare public appearance Thursday at a celebration marking the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth. The 95-year-old former president, who was indicted by the US in May over an incident during his tenure as defence minister, received a standing ovation at the secure event in…

France 24

Indicted Raul Castro reappears after months out of public view

HAVANA - US-indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro received a standing ovation as he appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth.

Bangkok Post

The Bodyguard Who Became Cuba's Back Channel Now Faces Smuggling Allegations

NYT investigation ties Raúl Castro's grandson, now a US-Cuba back channel, to a smuggling ring blamed for dozens of migrant deaths.

Latin Times

Cuba Says Its Reforms Aren't Capitalism. The Paperwork Tells a Different Story.

Cuba's president denies his reforms mean capitalism. We fact-checked the claims — private banks, shareholders, and a hidden military conglomerate.

Latin Times

Cuba celebrates Castro's 100th as his revolution faces its toughest test

HAVANA - As Cuba marks 100 years since Fidel Castro's birth, Cubans are questioning the promises of the socialist revolution he led for nearly half a century, and asking whether his successors are up to the job.

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Washington Blacklists Cuba's Military Supply Chain, Naming Eight Officials and Five Arms Firms

The State Department sanctioned five Cuban companies and eight officials on Aug. 6, accusing them of supplying and repairing military hardware sourced from Russia and China — the fourth such round since May.

The Independent UK

Life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity as blackouts last for days

Daily life for Cubans across the island has devolved into a complex web of crises, marking one of the most severe periods since the Cuban revolution

Latin Times

Trump Administration Boosts U.S. Intelligence Operations in Cuba Amid Harder Line on Havana - REPORT

The Trump administration has quietly expanded U.S. intelligence operations in Cuba as it increases pressure on the island's communist government, according to a new report that suggests Washington is laying the groundwork for a broader strategy aimed at forcing political change in Havana.

Latin Times

From Havana to American Streets: Rubio Unpacks Foreign-Funded U.S. Protests, Lays Out Venezuela Recovery Plan

Rubio details a phased Venezuela recovery plan and brands Cuba an "espionage superpower" — but key facts complicate both claims.

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Havana Says the Reforms Are Homegrown. Washington's Fingerprints Are Everywhere Anyway

Díaz-Canel closed Cuba's parliamentary session by rejecting claims that the island's 176-measure economic overhaul was forced by U.S. sanctions

The Independent UK

Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year

Cubans are recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year

Euronews

Cuba state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout as US embargo continues

The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.

Bangkok Post

Cuba state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout

HAVANA - Cuba's power grid failed Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post.

France 24

Cuba plunges into darkness as state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout

Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid operator said, plunging the island into darkness. The country has faced a series of total collapses of its electricity grid since the US imposed an energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations.

Bangkok Post

Crisis-hit Cuba opens pharmacies, gas stations to private firms

HAVANA - Cuba moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of the state-run economy to private firms Wednesday, as the communist government struggles to ease acute shortages resulting from a US energy blockade.

The Conversation

Trump is sowing fear over Cuba, terrorism and the ‘radical left’. This is what could come next

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is again taking aim at Cuba. This time, however, the Trump administration is framing Havana as a decades-long sponsor of terrorism and espionage that has helped cultivate the “radical left” in the United States.

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