US EditionCuba 'Next' on Agenda, After Iran: Trump
Marco Rubio appointed as Secretary of State point person on Cuba as legal reviews consider criminal charges against Cuban officials amid U.S. efforts to pressure regime change.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump named Marco Rubio as his point man on Cuba while U.S. officials began a review of potential criminal charges against Cuban officials.
- Since January 9, the island has received no oil shipments, deepening shortages as Washington recently eased the energy blockade to allow private companies in Cuba limited imports.
- The U.S. Embassy in Havana posted a picture of Rob Allison and Mike Hammer meeting Cardinal Juan de la Claridad and Bishop Arturo Gonzalez, noting the Vatican's past mediation of U.S.-Cuba deals.
- On Wednesday, a breakdown at the Antonio Guiteras power plant caused a blackout affecting two-thirds of the island, with power later restored, fueling humanitarian and legal tensions, Cuban American lawmakers say.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump predicted Cuba is "gonna fall pretty soon" and noted any U.S. move faces complications from the Guantanamo Bay naval base lease after relisting Cuba as a state sponsor of terror in January 2025.
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Trump Aides Look for Charges to Bring Against Cuban Officials
President Trump is publicly predicting Cuba's government will soon topple, and his administration is quietly testing how far it can push that idea in US courts. A person familiar with internal talks tells NBC News that officials have begun a multiagency review of whether federal prosecutors could bring criminal cases...
Washington, 6 Mar (EFE).- The administration of the US president, Donald Trump, would be exploring ways to bring criminal charges against leaders of the government and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), amid renewed pressure from the president, who has assured Friday that the island will “fall soon.” The Department of Justice would be working, in collaboration with other agencies, to set up potential criminal proceedings related to drug traffick…
DEVELOPING: Federal Prosecutors Preparing to Indict Cuban Leaders as Trump Says Cuba 'Is Going to Fall'
The Justice Department is preparing to indict Cuban leaders as President Trump says the island country is ‘going to fall.’ According to The Washington Post and NBC News, Florida prosecutors are exploring federal charges against Cuba Regime officials.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the next goal of his administration is to end the more than five decades of dictatorship in Cuba, despite the fact that its priority is to win the conflict against Iran in the Middle East. Read more
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