US seizes 5th oil tanker linked to Venezuela
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Political uncertainty in Cuba intensified this week after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a raid on Saturday.
The Trump administration is expressing confidence Cuba will fall, but there are concerns the US doesn’t have a plan.
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Mexico becomes crucial fuel supplier to Cuba but pledges no extra shipments after Maduro toppled
Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S.
Cubans are speculating about whether their government will be the next to fall, with Venezuelan oil imports now in jeopardy.
With widespread power outages, medicine shortages and rising food prices, experts say Cuba’s economy has never been worse, with the crisis coming just as the supply of Venezuelan oil is threatened.
President Trump said Cuba is "ready to fall" and threatened U.S. military intervention in Colombia following the U.S. attack in Venezuela.
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Cuba's shadow in Venezuela: Havana’s intelligence and military ties exposed after Maduro raid
Cuba confirms 32 intelligence personnel killed in U.S. operation that seized Maduro, exposing extensive Cuban involvement in Venezuela's military systems.
The U.S. military captures Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, threatening Cuba's economy as the nation loses a key provider of oil supplies for communist country's energy sector.
The U.S. striking Venezuela and capturing its leader has practical implications for China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, and it also sends messages to each nation.
The top lawmaker on the House Intelligence Committee believes that the weekend capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may have a domino effect in Cuba. Chairman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., called it "the beginning of the end" for the regime there.
With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.
The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.