by Jon Queally | May 2, 2026 | cuba, Donald Trump, Miguel Díaz-Canel, News, Sanctions, Trump Administration, War
President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez of Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from U.S. President Donald Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country. “The President of the United States escalates his threats of military aggression…
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by Amy Goodman | Mar 18, 2026 | Blockade, cuba, electrical grid, Havana, Interview, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Regime Change, Sanctions, Trump Administration
Cuba’s electrical grid has collapsed. The island-wide blackout comes amid a harsh U.S. oil blockade and recent comments from President Donald Trump that he wants to “take” Cuba. No oil shipments have reached the country, located just south of Florida, in three months, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by decades of severe U.S. sanctions. “Sanctions are literally killing people right now,”…
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