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Cuba in crisis amid pressure from Trump administration: 5 things to know

Officials said the island’s fuel shortage has deepened blackouts and protests as Washington increases sanctions and pressure for political change.

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Cuban officials on Friday announced that the island country has run out of oil and diesel as it grapples with a worsening humanitarian crisis in the face of increasing pressure from the Trump administration to change its ways under U.S. terms or risk potential military action. Decades of sanctions stemming from Cold War-era tensions between…

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Neighborhoods are sometimes without power for 22 hours, and anyone suffering a heart attack can only hope that the ambulances still have enough fuel. The situation in Cuba is becoming increasingly critical due to the American blockade. As a result, the communist regime is coming under ever-increasing pressure.

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The United States has used a smokescreen to mask the operation in Venezuela, intending to replicate it in Cuba. Washington's plan for Havana follows the same pattern. First, maximum pressure; then, calculated threats that lead to a conditional offer of political survival. If the government in question does not yield, the path is opened to swift action. This is how Donald Trump captured Nicolás Maduro at the beginning of 2016, and he is applying …

AMERICA (AND THE WORLD) SELON TRUMP - The US President is increasing pressure against the Havana regime, in the hope of bringing it down. If he succeeds, he could boast of succeeding where all his predecessors have failed.

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The Hill broke the news in Washington, United States on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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