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US-Cuba War Risks Flare After Raul Castro Indictment Echoes Infamous Venezuela Operation

The US indictment of Raul Castro for the 1996 aircraft downing has escalated tensions with Cuba, raising fears of potential conflict.

International Business Times UK

Former Cuba's president Raúl Castro Becomes Sixth Leader of a Foreign Country to Be Indicted by the U.S.

The United States announced that it's placing Cuban former leader Raúl Castro in one of the most extraordinary categories in modern international law: presidents and former heads of government charged in U.S. criminal courts.

Latin Times

There Was No Delcy Rodríguez in Iran

The Trump administration thought it was repeating the Venezuelan model in Iran—when it was doing something much more ambitious and risky.

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US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’

Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claims

The Guardian - UK

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offers Cubans 'new path' in special video address

Addressing the Cuban people directly in Spanish, Rubio accused the country's communist leadership of theft, corruption and oppression.

Euronews

Venezuela's Maduro's Legal Troubles Deepen With Second U.S. Investigation

U.S. prosecutors are reportedly pursuing a second criminal investigation into Nicolás Maduro, raising the possibility that the ousted Venezuelan leader could face additional charges beyond the drug trafficking and narcoterrorism case already pending in New York.

Latin Times

‘Spooks hotel’: inside the five-star nerve centre of the US takeover of Venezuela

Diplomats, businessmen and US marines mingle at the JW Marriott hotel in Caracas as deals are done and the country’s resources divvied up

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Timeline of how US-Cuba tensions escalated to possible Raúl Castro indictment

This development unfolds as the US navigates an uneasy ceasefire in its ongoing conflict with Iran

The Independent UK

Insider Trading? Nine Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won 98% of Their Iran War Bets, Netted $2.4 Million

Blockchain investigators uncovered suspicious betting patterns on Polymarket, raising concerns about insider trading related to US-Iran military actions and potential security risks.

International Business Times UK

Gorka's plan: Bash left, praise Trump

Sebastian Gorka’s anti-terror plan villainizes the president’s political enemies

Salon

Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case after deportation to US

Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has been charged in Miami with bribing officials for government contracts

The Independent UK

Nine Linked Polymarket Accounts Have Racked Up Millions Betting On U.S. Military Action: Report

Several connected Polymarket accounts have come under scrutiny after wagering more than $2.4 million on U.S. military action.

International Business Times

Michael Kelly and Wendell Pierce Bring Jack Ryan Back as Venezuela Echoes Follow the Franchise Into Ghost War - INTERVIEW

Michael Kelly returns with Wendell Pierce in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War, the franchise is arriving at a moment when its old Venezuela storyline feels less like distant television and more like a geopolitical ghost that never left the room, and he shared his feelings in an interview with…

Latin Times

Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

The first half of 2026 has been a chaotic time for U.S. foreign policy: new tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Independent UK

Cuba stockpiles drones and creates list of American targets amid U.S. blockade and takeover threats, report says

Cuba is in the midst of a humanitarian and energy crisis after months of a de facto U.S. blockade on oil imports

The Guardian - UK

‘Feels like an illusion’: inside post-Maduro Venezuela’s bewildering new era

Four months after Trump’s surprise raid, a political thaw has descended – but mingled with hope is trepidation for what comes next

Latin Times

Biden Pardoned Maduro's Alleged "Money Man." Now Venezuela Is Sending Alex Saab Back to the U.S.

The Venezuelan government deported businessman Alex Saab to the United States, marking a dramatic reversal for a man once celebrated by Nicolás Maduro's government as a political prisoner and anti-sanctions hero.

The Independent UK

Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face judicial proceedings in US

Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap

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International Business Times

US Seeks Raul Castro's Indictment To Mount Pressure On Cuba

Such a move would escalate tensions with Havana and heighten expectations of US military action akin to the Venezuela operation

The Independent UK

USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro's capture

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Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on Cuba

Trump administration move echoes indictment of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as fuel crisis racks Cuba

Latin Times

María Corina Machado Says Trump's '51st State' Comments Are 'Sending a Message' to Venezuela's Regime

Machado added that Trump maintains a favorable view of Venezuela and argued that democratic change in the country would benefit both Venezuelans and the United States

The Conversation

AI-generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba’s political horizons

Ever since U.S. commandos successfully removed Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026, speculation has been growing that “Cuba could be next” on the list of the Trump administration’s targets.

Axios

CIA director visits Cuba for rare meeting as island runs out of fuel

Ratcliffe met with Rául Castro's grandson, Raulito, in a highly unusual meeting.

Euronews

Marco Rubio says Cuba's leaders must go as US offers country €85 million in aid

Cuba lost the source for around half its fuel needs when US forces snatched Venezuela’s president in a stunning January raid, with his successor complying with US pressure not to aid the island.

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