Cuba
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Cuba goes darkFeature The U.S. oil blockade is pushing the island and its communist regime to the brink of collapse
By The Week US Published
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US allows Russian oil tanker to reach CubaSpeed Read ‘If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with that,’ President Donald Trump said
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Cuba’s power grid fails as Trump lays claim to islandSpeed Read The blackout left the island’s 11 million people in darkness
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Cuba’s international army of doctors is in retreatIn the Spotlight A programme blending healthcare, diplomacy and cash is colliding with renewed pressure from Washington
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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Cuba kills 4 ‘infiltrators’ in Florida-flagged boatspeed read The passengers were alleged Cubans living in the US trying to infiltrate the island with terrorist intent
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Crisis in Cuba: a ‘golden opportunity’ for Washington?Talking Point The Trump administration is applying the pressure, and with Latin America swinging to the right, Havana is becoming more ‘politically isolated’
By The Week UK Published
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‘This is something that happens all too often’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Trump’s fuel blockade puts Cuba in crisis modeIN THE SPOTLIGHT Plummeting tourism, scrambling airlines and rolling blackouts are pushing Cuban society to the brink
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Will Trump’s oil push end Cuba’s Communist regime?Today’s Big Question Havana’s economy is teetering
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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‘Something close to a universal rallying cry’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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A running list of US interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean after World War IIin depth Nicolás Maduro isn’t the first regional leader to be toppled directly or indirectly by the US
By David Faris Published
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What is the Donroe Doctrine?The Explainer Donald Trump has taken a 19th century US foreign policy and turbocharged it
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Greenland, Colombia, Cuba: where is Donald Trump eyeing up next?Today's Big Question Ousting Venezuela’s leader could embolden the US administration to exert its dominance elsewhere
By The Week UK Published
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Which countries are still socialist today?In Depth Critics and supporters often misunderstand what defines an economic system based on public ownership of the means of production
By The Week UK Last updated
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