Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ or face consequences
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After Donald Trump threatened Cuba, pushing it to 'make a deal, before it is too late' and backing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the country, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said 'no one tells us what to do.
As U.S. seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge, so do concerns in Cuba about whether the island’s government and economy will survive.
But as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hinted — musing that he would be “concerned” if he “lived in Havana” and “was in the government” there — the time has come to give Cuba’s communist thugs a final shove into the dustbin of history.
"Only Cubans can build a New Cuba by rebuilding a state that deserves trust and an economy that finally gives people a reason to stay, invest, and live with dignity," writes Ricardo Torres
Cuba confirms 32 intelligence personnel killed in U.S. operation that seized Maduro, exposing extensive Cuban involvement in Venezuela's military systems.
Cubans are speculating about whether their government will be the next to fall, with Venezuelan oil imports now in jeopardy.
Political uncertainty in Cuba intensified this week after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a raid on Saturday.
Conditions on the ground in Cuba are so grim that the Trump administration thinks Havana could fall without any US intervention.