Cuba/USA

For weeks, rumors circulated in Washington, Miami, and Havana that quiet contacts were happening between the United States and Cuba. Some analysts even suggested that the Cuban…
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Almost a month after Trump’s Executive Order 14380, which imposed an oil blockade on Cuba, the situation can be summarized as a maze of mixed signals, with no immediate solution or…
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For more than two generations, except for a brief détente under Obama, the United States has pursued an escalating campaign of economic warfare against Cuba: a near-total trade embargo,…
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We’ve seen this movie before. Planes violate Cuban airspace, dropping leaflets over Havana. Speedboats approach the coast loaded with men, arms, and ammunition — like the recent…
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The Cuban government said Wednesday that the men on a Florida-registered boat who opened fire on Cuban soldiers in the island’s territorial waters were bent on carrying out “an…
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In a deadly development that could further strain relations between Havana and Washington DC, Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior announced Wednesday afternoon that four people on a…
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When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the long-running property disputes tied to the Cuban Revolution, many will frame the moment as a quest for justice for Americans whose assets were…
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With the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda—his use of an emergency law to impose tariffs on countries around the world—struck down by the US Supreme Court on…
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Obviously, if they don't do the first, they'll do the second, but the moment has come. In 2014, the presidents of Cuba and the United States, Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, respectively,…
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In diplomacy, who you choose to talk to often matters as much as what you say. Recent reporting by the Miami Herald and comments by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggest that…
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