#us-cuba-relations

#us-cuba-relations

The United States intensifies pressure on Cuba while its supposed allies offer perfunctory support and avoid confronting US actions.

International activists gathered at ICAP's Julio Antonio Mella Camp to celebrate ICAP's 65th anniversary and express solidarity amid US pressure on Cuba and Venezuela.

Trump warned Cuba to make a deal or face unspecified consequences and declared Venezuelan oil and money would stop flowing to Cuba.

The U.S. cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, seized tankers, and President Trump warned Cuba while asserting U.S. protection for Venezuela.

The Monroe Doctrine and the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion shape Cuban distrust of U.S. expansionism and heighten concern over U.S. actions in Venezuela.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz accused Cuba of aiding terrorism and destabilization; Cuba's envoy interrupted, called his remarks uncivil and compared the U.N. to Signal.

Cuba's court has ordered dissidents Ferrer and Navarro into custody for alleged parole violations, provoking international condemnation.