Cuba in crisis amid pressure from Trump administration: 5 things to know
Key takeaways
- But Cuban officials have remained defiant against U.S. demands, with Cuban President Miguel D az-Canel saying last month that the U.S. blockade on the island country is genocidal.
- It is a perverse design whose main objective is the suffering of the entire people, to hold them hostage and turn them against the Government, he wrote on the social platform X.
- Here are five things to know about the situation:
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Decades of sanctions stemming from Cold War-era tensions between the two countries have resulted in calls among President Trump s allies — following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicol s Maduro and the killing of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — to bring Cuba s Castro-influenced government to its knees.
But Cuban officials have remained defiant against U.S. demands, with Cuban President Miguel D az-Canel saying last month that the U.S. blockade on the island country is genocidal.
It is a perverse design whose main objective is the suffering of the entire people, to hold them hostage and turn them against the Government, he wrote on the social platform X.