Trump threatens tariffs on nations supplying oil to Cuba amid rising pressure campaign
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, escalating economic pressure on the Communist‑run island and broadening U.S. trade policy tools. The move did not specify target rates or nations but reflects mounting U.S. efforts to isolate Havana.
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024
A US Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.
Russian warships reach Cuban waters ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024
A fleet of Russian warships reached Cuban waters on Wednesday ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean that some see as a projection of strength as tensions grow over Western support for Ukraine.
Cuba denies WSJ report on Chinese spy base on the island
FRIDAY, JUNE 09, 2023
Cuba denied on Thursday any agreement between the island and China to set an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, as the Wall Street Journal had reported.
Forty-nine migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela, El Salvador, Brazil and Cuba who had been kidnapped from a commercial bus in central Mexico have been found, Mexico's defense minister said on Thursday.
Cuba's Diaz-Canel pledges to curb inflation after presidential re-election
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023
Cuban lawmakers on Wednesday easily re-elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as president for a second term as the country faces one of the biggest social and economic crises since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.
Cuba spy Ana Belen Montes released after 20 years behind bars
SUNDAY, JANUARY 08, 2023
Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking US officials ever proven to have spied for Cuba, has been released from prison early, the US Bureau of Prisons confirmed on Friday, after she spent more than two decades behind bars.