Cuba

Some things I can’t unsee.

Such as the sight of left-wing Sandalista supporters of Cuba’s heinous communist regime, boarding red tour buses in Havana while singing ‘Guantamanera’ together like it’s ‘Day-O’ in Jamaica on a Caribbean Cruise line vacay and driving off to see the poor people.

Not to be outdone …

Marxist-Leninists urge Canadians to travel to Cuba despite fuel crisis

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There were times during her incarceration in Fidel Castro’s “punishment cells” that Maritza Lugo Fernández was so physically and mentally depleted, she thought she had died and gone to hell.

She has never forgotten the screams of fellow prisoners, the brutality of their persecutors, the bodies wrapped in blankets tossed lying in jail yards, the thousands locked away, tortured or killed for standing up against communism.

The US military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America has told lawmakers.

But Gen Francis Donovan, head of US Southern Command, said the Pentagon stands ready to address any threats to the US embassy in Havana, defend its base at Guantánamo Bay and aid US government efforts to address any mass migration from the island, if needed.

Donovan’s remarks came during a Senate hearing focused on Donald Trump’s increasing use of the US military in Latin America, where his administration has reasserted the idea that the region falls into Washington’s zone of influence.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has responded to takeover threats from Donald Trump, saying that the US would face “unbreakable resistance” if it tried to seize the country.

His remarks come as Cuba struggles with a multitude of economic woes largely brought about by pressure from the US, which is trying to cut off the flow of foreign currency and oil to the Caribbean island.

In his comments on X, Diaz-Canel accused the US of threatening “almost daily” to overthrow his country’s constitutional order by force, using as its pretext a weakened economy that Washington itself had “attacked and sought to isolate for more than six decades.”

As U.S. and Cuban officials negotiate over the future of the Communist-ruled and economically besieged Caribbean island, the Trump administration is seeking to push President Miguel Díaz-Canel from power, according to four people familiar with the talks.

The move would topple a key figurehead but leave in place the repressive Communist government that has ruled Cuba for more than 65 years. The Americans have signaled to Cuban negotiators that the president must go, but are leaving the next steps up to the Cubans, the people said.

Trump: Cuba, it's a beautiful island. Great weather. I will be having the honor of taking Cuba. Whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth pic.twitter.com/Po7J9tJMr2

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2026

As President Trump tightens the screws on Cuba’s Communist government, its leadership is winning support from Democratic Socialists in America, who are sending an entourage down to the island nation next week to show solidarity with Cuba’s dictatorial regime. The Democratic Socialists of America announced that 20 DSA members will join an international group of humanitarians, the so-called Nuestra América Convoy, which says it is delivering critical aid to Cuba amid an economic and energy crisis caused by America’s blockade of fuel, flights, and other essential supplies.

OMG that little weirdo Greta Thunberg has moved on from GAZA and is now attacking President Trump because he wants to free the people of CUBA.

Check out this unhinged rant 👇😂 pic.twitter.com/RIAREWuSuZ

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) March 12, 2026

Amid crippling U.S. sanctions, an oil blockade and threats of a takeover, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday said his government has held direct talks with the United States “aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences between the two nations.”

The acknowledgment came in a publicly broadcast speech during a meeting in Havana of the top levels of the government and Cuban Communist Party. It confirmed widespread reports of recent secret meetings between senior Trump administration officials and Cubans close to Raúl Castro, the still-influential former president and party head.

If Trump somehow gets Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran all to fall, he should get a Nobel Peace Prize. pic.twitter.com/FrJrjC1pML

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) January 28, 2026

I grew up listening to a beautiful classic folk song about Cuba, La Paloma (The Dove), beloved of my parents and their circle. It’s about a sailor who falls in love with the island and a beautiful woman on it. I didn’t hear it much over the past 40 years while becoming totally Americanized. But Cuba never left me like I did her at age six.

For one thing, my father was making a prestigious mark at Georgetown University teaching and about Cuba’s descent into Marxist hell—much to the irritation of his old school chum, Fidel Castro. And dad started at a time—the late Sixties—when many college students deemed Castro a Byronic hero, and anti-capitalist fervor was at its peak.

The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine possible federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government, according to an official familiar with the group.

The formation of the group could be a significant step in the Trump administration’s public push to topple the regime in Cuba.

Officials from government agencies including the Treasury Department will be part of the recently formed group. Treasury’s involvement could mean the Trump administration is considering further sanctions against Cuba, already the subject of intense U.S. economic sanctions.

The United States is discussing a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, Donald Trump has said.

The US president said Washington was pursuing an amicable form of regime change in Havana, as sanctions continue to cripple the communist-run island.

Tensions between the US and Cuba have risen since Mr Trump imposed an oil siege on the island following the capture of Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, a key ally and oil supplier of Cuba, in January. He has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that exports oil to Cuba.