Trump Admin Reportedly Believes Cuban Regime Could Collapse As Soon As This Summer
Officials say sanctions, indictments and naval deployments are meant to pressure Havana while Pentagon planners prepare for rapid action if unrest follows a collapse.
- On Thursday, Axios reported the Trump Administration is drafting military contingency plans for a potential Cuban collapse this summer, as officials fear worsening economic conditions could trigger unrest.
- Officials describe the current pressure campaign as "accelerationism," a tiered approach the White House is utilizing to weaken the regime without immediate military intervention.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently imposed sanctions on GAESA, a conglomerate he described as the "heart of Cuba's kleptocratic communist system," targeting senior board member Ania Guillermina Lastres Morena.
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the U.S. measures as a "political action," while administration advisers caution the president intends to limit military boots on the ground to 48 hours.
- U.S. Southern Command recently led a "tabletop" exercise to game out potential crisis scenarios, though officials emphasize no invasion is planned if repression escalates.
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El Periódico
The United States is betting on a social explosion in Cuba during the summer, says the magazine 'Axios'. In July 2021, the streets of the island's main cities became for the first time an open-air laboratory of unrest as a result of famine and scarcity. The government did not hesitate to dissolve the protest severely. The difference between that moment of unprecedented tension and the present is the almost total absence of fuel that has not only…
Report: US preparing for Cuba's possible collapse
US President Donald Trump's administration has been turning up the pressure on Cuba. Axios reported that it is bracing for the "potential collapse" of the Cuban government as early as this summer, and it is making preparations for possible military action.
Pentagon Allegedly Puts Building Blocks in Place for Cuba Invasion – Just Awaiting Trump's Go-Ahead, Report Says
The Pentagon has positioned key military assets in the Caribbean over recent months, creating the operational foundation for potential action against Cuba if President Trump authorises it, according to reports. A detailed account published on 27 May outlined how naval and air capabilities have been arranged to allow options including precision strikes or targeted operations against regime figures. Trump has floated the possibility of turning att…
Last April, the U.S. Southern Command conducted military maneuvers to prepare for possible military action on the island
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump has spent months sending ships to Caribbean and is ready to invade Cuba: report
President Trump and his advisers have reportedly gamed out scenarios where the U.S. military attacks Cuba, but an invasion plan is not currently underway
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