[🇺🇸] USA vs Cuba

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Date of Event: Mar 29, 2026

Source: https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/world/trump-says-cuba-is-next-after-us-strikes-on-venezuela-iran

Trump says “Cuba is next” after US strikes on Venezuela, Iran

REUTERS
Published :
Mar 28, 2026 17:03
Updated :
Mar 28, 2026 17:03

US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that “Cuba is next” in the sequence of US actions following recent military operations in Venezuela and ongoing attacks on Iran, remarks that immediately drew global attention and added to regional tensions.

Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Miami, Florida, Trump made the comment in an off‑the‑cuff manner, urging the media to “pretend I didn’t say that,” before repeating that “Cuba’s next.” He did not outline specific plans for military or political action but his remarks were widely interpreted as signaling future pressure on Havana.

The comments come after US forces raided Venezuela on January 3, ousting President Nicolás Maduro, and launched a series of large‑scale joint attacks with Israel on Iran beginning February 28. These operations have already heightened geopolitical tensions across multiple regions.

Cuba has been struggling under decades of US sanctions and a severe economic and energy crisis, with the United Nations highlighting fuel shortages that have pushed parts of the country toward humanitarian stress.

Earlier this month, Trump had said that Cuba was “going to fall pretty soon,” although at that time he noted that the administration’s main focus remained on the conflict with Iran.​

 

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Trump expands US sanctions on Cuban government

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ‌ousting Venezuela's leader from power. The fresh sanctions target people, entities and

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Trump expands US sanctions on Cuban government

REUTERS

Published :
May 01, 2026 23:01
Updated :
May 01, 2026 23:01

U.S. President Donald Trump, next to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., makes an announcement linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by decades of science, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 22, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ‌ousting Venezuela's leader from power.

The fresh sanctions target people, entities and affiliates that support the Cuban government's security apparatus or are complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, the officials said, as well as agents, officials or supporters of the government.

It was not immediately clear what people or entities were hit with sanctions under the order, which was first ⁠reported by Reuters.
The order authorizes secondary sanctions for conducting or facilitating transactions with those targeted under the order, the officials said.

The new sanctions were the latest broadside by the Trump administration against Cuba, which the president has repeatedly declared is near a state of collapse.

Under Trump, U.S. forces have launched strikes on boats off Venezuela and gone into Caracas to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and, with Israel, waged war on Iran since February 28. Trump has said "Cuba is next." He has not specified what he plans to do with the island nation.

The officials said Trump's ‌order contained ⁠an implicit warning to Cuba, saying the government has aligned itself with Iran and militant groups like Hezbollah.

"Cuba provides a permissive environment for hostile foreign intelligence, military, and terrorist operations less than 100 miles from the American homeland," one official said.

The U.S. has long demanded Cuba open its state-run economy, pay reparations ⁠for properties expropriated by the government of then-leader Fidel Castro and hold "free and fair" elections. Cuba has said its form of socialist government is not up for negotiation.

The U.S. heaped additional sanctions and pressure on the ⁠island early this year, when it halted Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba after ousting Maduro on January 3. Trump later threatened to slap punishing tariffs on any other country that sent ⁠crude to Cuba, prompting Mexico, another top supplier, to stop shipments to the island.

The fuel shortage in Cuba contributed to three major, national-level blackouts and prompted many foreign airlines to suspend flights to the island.​