The U.S. president has launched maximum pressure on Cuba’s already shaky economy.
Cubans are cooking with charcoal and facing growing power outages after the United States cut off Venezuelan oil exports. US President Donald Trump has promised that Cuba will soon “fail” and threatened to impose tariffs on any country that does business with Cuba. Can Cuba’s communist government survive the latest U.S. push for regime change?
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This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Melanie Marich, along with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Chloe K. Li, Tuleen Barakat, Maya Hamadeh and our host Kevin Hirten. Edited by Kylene Kiang.
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Posted on February 3, 2026







