Cuba restores power grid
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The Trump administration is squeezing Cuba to a breaking point—and is seemingly willing to engage in a high-seas stand-off that has pronounced Cold War echoes. Donald Trump’s goal appears to be to install more amenable leadership in Havana.
People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government.
Isra Hirsi defended her Cuba visit as an act of solidarity against the U.S. blockade, with her mother, Rep. Ilhan Omar, sharing the message.
The fuel-starved Caribbean island is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union under a U.S. oil blockade.
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island’s energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.
Jeremy Corbyn and Kneecap criticised Donald Trump’s fuel blockade of Cuba after arriving in the “strangled” Caribbean island.
Cuba is opening a new door to capital as it looks to stabilize an economy under strain, with the government set to allow nationals living abroad to invest in and own businesses on the island. "Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.