Viewing News From Cuba from May 2026
Trump escalates economic warfare and threat of military intervention against Cuba
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
On 1 May, Donald Trump issued another Executive Order against Cuba, intensifying the US economic war on the island to unprecedented levels. Citing Cuba’s unsubstantiated “threats to US national security and foreign policy”, the new coercive measures grant sweeping powers to freeze assets and sanction anyone – whether US or foreign ... read more
Cuba Condemns Trump’s Orders as International Crimes and Genocidal
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
Havana denounces oil blockade and expanded sanctions amid ongoing tensions. On 5 April, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez described Washington’s latest executive orders imposing measures against his nation as international crimes and genocidal. “The U.S. government insists on proposing to act militarily against Cuba because ‘the country is devastated… and it ... read more
Cuba Accuses U.S. of Fuel Blockade Misinformation Row
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
Cuba disputes U.S. denial of a fuel blockade, citing sanctions and multi-billion-dollar losses amid escalating bilateral tensions. Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, has accused U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of misrepresenting the existence of a fuel blockade against Cuba, amid heightened tensions over U.S. sanctions and energy ... read more
Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives
News from Cuba | Thursday, 30 April 2026
With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk Access to fuel remains a determining factor for whether humanitarian action can operate at all Behind every statistic are families whose resilience is being tested daily The response had ... read more
Cuban officials have held talks with US government representatives says President Miguel Canal-Diaz
News from Cuba | Friday, 13 March 2026
Remarks by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, regarding the current state of relations with the United States government, during a meeting with members of the Political Bureau, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCC, and the ... read more
Brazil: Oil Workers and Social Movements Organize “Oil for Cuba” Campaign
News from Cuba | Monday, 23 February 2026
On Friday, February 13, the FUP sent a letter to Petrobras’ Executive Board of Logistics, Marketing, and Markets, requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of sending emergency fuel to Cuba. Social organizations, popular movements, and oil workers are coordinating the Petróleo para Cuba (Oil for Cuba) campaign to pressure the Brazilian government ... read more
Trump seeking ‘regime change’ in Cuba by end of the year: US media report
News from Cuba | Friday, 23 January 2026
The Wall Street Journal reports the White House is seeking to identify Cuban officials willing to cut a deal as part of a ‘regime change’ bid. United States President Donald Trump aims to remove Cuba’s leadership and is actively seeking government insiders in Havana who are willing to make a deal with ... read more
Statement from the Cuban government regarding Cubans killed in Venezuela
News from Cuba | Monday, 5 January 2026
As a result of the criminal attack perpetrated by the United States government against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, carried out in the early morning of January 3, 2026, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat. They were serving on missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry ... read more
Cuba denounces and demands urgent reaction from the international community against the criminal attack by the US on Venezuela
News from Cuba | Saturday, 3 January 2026
Cuba condemns US military presence in the Caribbean
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 26 November 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, released the following statement on the military presence of the United States in the Caribbean The exaggerated and aggressive military presence of the United States in the region constitutes a threat against Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole. With the encouragement ... read more
