Overview
- U.S. measures since January, including a national emergency and threatened tariffs on suppliers, have effectively choked off oil shipments to Cuba.
- Cuba endured a nationwide power failure reported at more than 29 hours; authorities say service is partially restored but generation shortfalls and humanitarian strains persist.
- President Trump said the U.S. will be “doing something with Cuba very soon” and suggested he could “take” the country, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba needs “new people in charge.”
- Washington and Havana confirm ongoing negotiations, and the Associated Press reports the U.S. is seeking President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s departure, though no details of a transition have been disclosed.
- Havana announced steps to allow diaspora investment, but U.S. officials called the move insufficient as recent protests and some arrests were reported during continuing shortages and blackouts.