Cuba is entering its gravest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, just as its most important political and energy ally in Venezuela unravels. The capture of Nicolás Maduro has not ...

Cuba is entering one of the most precarious moments of its post-Soviet history, as the flow of subsidized Venezuelan crude that has powered its economy for years suddenly looks uncertain. The capture ...

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The smell of garbage is overwhelming and intense under the Caribbean sun. The accumulated waste is such that an entire street in Havana, far from its tourist district, was blocked to traffic. Yet ...

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence has painted a grim picture of Cuba’s economic and political situation, ...

The U.S. military operation to apprehend and remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power could put pressure on Cuba's economy as the communist country reels from the loss of a key economic and ...

General view of a street in Havana on January 7, 2025. Cubans weary from years of economic crisis, shortages of basic supplies and regular power blackouts, fear the US attack on Venezuela, a leftist ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Joseph J. Gonzalez is an associate professor of Global ...