Cuba is next — and everyone in Washington knows it
Cuba is facing a severe crisis as it runs out of foreign support after decades of communist rule. The U.S. is closely monitoring the situation, with potential implications for its foreign policy. The current conditions in Cuba resemble past economic collapses, but without a supportive ally to help stabilize the situation.
- ▪Cuba has been under communist rule for 67 years and is now facing a critical shortage of resources.
- ▪The U.S. has implemented a maximum pressure campaign against Cuba, exacerbating its economic struggles.
- ▪Cuba's current oil production is insufficient to meet its basic needs, leading to widespread power outages and service disruptions.
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 04:53:54 +0000 |
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The hemisphere’s longest-running standoff may finally be reaching its breaking point — but not necessarily in the way anyone expects. Cuba, in the spring of 2026, feels exactly like that. After 67 years of communist rule, sustained by a rotating cast of foreign patrons — Soviet subsidies, Venezuelan oil, Chinese credit lines — the island has finally run out of lifelines. And Washington, never one to let a crisis go unexploited, is watching with barely concealed intent. Donald Trump said it himself, characteristically blunt and characteristically vague: “We may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this.” Strip away the performative nonchalance and what remains is a serious policy signal.
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