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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47584370

The shift comes as administration officials struggle to convince the Cuban regime to make major economic and political changes. 05/18/2026

[horrible, but informative article]

The Trump administration has been dancing around the question of whether it will carry out military strikes against Cuba. I am told it is increasingly willing to take such a step.

That’s a significant escalation from a few months ago, when officials were primarily focused on using economic and diplomatic pressure to squeeze the communist regime in Havana.

A U.S. official and a person familiar with the administration’s discussions on Cuba told me that President Donald Trump and his aides have grown frustrated that the U.S. pressure campaign, which includes starving the island of fuel, has not led Cuba’s leaders to agree to significant economic and political reforms. So they’re taking the military option more seriously than previously.

“The mood has definitely changed,” said the person familiar with discussions

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.caEnglish
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    32 minutes ago

    In the Canadian version of The Price Is Right, multiple people won trips to Cuba. It was filmed in December but has been airing from March-May. Every segment where someone wins a trip to Cuba is preceded with a disclaimer “these episodes were filmed in advance and may not reflect current travel conditions”. I wonder if these people got to go on their trips before things went to hell

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    The history of Cuba is another example of why America is such a piece of shit country.

    Honestly, it must be fucking wildly embarassing that a tiny island, that America has used it’s full economic power to try and impoverish and starve to death for decades, has a comparable average lifespan and cancer survival rate, far better infant mortality rate, almost double the number of hospital beds per person, and an over 10% higher literacy rate.

    Yes the Cuban government has corruption issues that cause the powerful to live rich unattainable lifestyles compared to the average worker, and issues with jailing people who don’t deserve it… Can anyone argue that America is any better in either of those regards though?

    • ranzispa@mander.xyzEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      However I have heard of people trying to escape Cuba. Last Cuban I spoke with was saying he had left because of poverty, he said people are not starving; but you have to choose whether to buy food or a toy for your kid.