Balance of Power

Trump’s Plans for Cuba Obscure What Comes Next

Military interventions in Venezuela and Iran suggest imposing democracy isn’t high on the US leader’s priorities.

A tricycle taxi decorated with the Cuban flag passes near the Capitolio in Havana on Jan. 30.Photographer: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

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By Walter Brandimarte

March 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC

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For more than six decades, Cuban exile groups formed in Florida after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion have dreamed of toppling the communist government in Havana.