Overview
- President Trump, speaking Friday in Miami, said “Cuba is next” and repeated the line after asking the media to ignore it.
- He hailed recent U.S. actions in Venezuela and Iran but offered no plan for Cuba, and the Pentagon told lawmakers on March 19 it was not rehearsing an invasion.
- Washington has squeezed fuel to the island since January by curbing Venezuelan oil flows, triggering nationwide outages that have closed schools and disrupted hospital care.
- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel vowed any aggressor would face “unbreakable resistance,” as Havana accused Washington of enforcing a fuel blockade and threatening oil shippers.
- Two sailboats in an international convoy carrying supplies to Cuba were reported missing, a developing situation that adds fresh uncertainty to an already tense standoff.