Since the blockade started, Cuba has not received any significant shipments or fuel or oil, creating an escalating crisis that led to blackouts, furthering the economic crisis and a fueling social uprising.

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit an island whose power grid is crumbling.

The US government has upped its pressure on Cuba, which is already reeling from multiple crises. The regime in Havana is weak, but analysts don't expect it to collapse.

Cuba's regime faces unprecedented economic pressure from Donald Trump's administration, forcing talks on liberalisation as fuel blockades and sanctions devastate the island.

President Donald Trump has his eye on Cuba. Trump mused over whether to "take" the socialist island nation during a news conference Tuesday. “You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about United States and Cuba,

The first shipment of international aid for crisis-hit Cuba has arrived in the country in the shape of five tons of medical supplies, official sources said Wednesday.All told, humanitarian

The news that Cuba is opening a dialogue process with the United States could be the first step toward easing the dire situation in the country, which has been gripped by a structural crisis for years — one that has been compounded by direct pressure from the Donald Trump administration.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms talks with Caribbean officials amid Middle East conflict.

President Donald Trump has again raised the prospect of the United States “taking” Cuba, this time as the island reels from a total collapse of its electrical system. His remarks come as Cuba struggles to restore power and as Washington’s pressure campaign on Havana hardens into formal emergency measures and talk of regime change.