Can Cuba’s Regime Survive as US Chokes Oil Supplies?

Ever since US Special Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 and launched an attack on Iran, Washington has been warning that Cuba will be next. Under a US-imposed economic blockade, the island hasn’t received fuel in more than three months, according to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

Asked about the communist-run island 90 miles south of Florida, US President Donald Trump told reporters on March 16 that he believed he’d have “the honor of taking Cuba.” He said his policies had weakened the country to the point that he could “free it, take it — I can do anything I want.”