USS Fort Lauderdale is the core ship supporting Marine Littoral Combat Force 24, which cycled into the SOUTHCOM area of operations in May amid mounting U.S. diplomatic pressure on communist-led Cuba.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism for decades, accusing the regime of recruiting, training, and backing violent Marxist movements across the hemisphere and beyond.

Freeland to cut all possible means of support to Russia through Cuba.

DHS said in a statement posted to X that it had removed five male foreign nationals originally from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen to the southern African nation. The crimes the men had allegedly committed included child rape and murder.

Hurricane Melissa slams Cuba and causes widespread devastation across the Caribbean. Recovery and relief efforts are now underway as communities begin the long process of cleaning up and rebuilding.

Hurricane Melissa has slammed Cuba, causing widespread devastation across the Caribbean. Recovery and relief efforts are now underway as communities begin the long process of cleanup and rebuilding.

The licenses do not authorize transactions with entities connected to Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and China.

"They also elected China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Sudan and Saudi Arabia to the U.N. committee that oversees the work of human rights groups at the U.N.

The 2023 assessment concluded it was very unlikely that a foreign adversary was behind the incidents, which have impacted staffers in countries such as Cuba and China.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a health alert and a separate travel alert to Cuba because of an increase in Oropouche virus disease in the Americas region, saying the disease has caused two deaths so far this year.

New signs of contact between Washington and Havana are emerging as Cuba struggles with economic collapse, prolonged blackouts, and fuel shortages caused by the loss of Venezuelan oil.

The U.S. state sponsor of terrorism list currently includes Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba. In May 2025, the Trump administration granted sanctions relief to Syria to help the country rebuild its economy under al-Sharaa's government.

Any transaction involving the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and China, or any entity controlled by those regimes, is not allowed.

President Donald Trump says he wants to finish military operations in Iran first, and then regime change in communist Cuba is just a "matter of time."

The president can begin by taking Cuba off the State Department’s list of “state sponsors of terrorism.” It would not be a concession to Cuba, since Havana has not been connected to any terrorist actions for at least 20 years.

The Russia-related license waiver excludes transactions to Iran, Cuba, and North Korea. Global oil prices tumbled by 9 percent on April 17 to about $90 a barrel after Iran temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz, an oil choke point in the Gulf.

He also expressed hope that developments in Venezuela could create ripple effects in Cuba.

An illegal immigrant from Cuba was caught while allegedly attempting to enter the United States using a copy of a Texas identification card with the name and birth date of another individual.

I love the general spirit of the liberation of the oppression, which has to be in China or in Cuba, where I'm from, and all of our grandparents suffered," he said.

The U.S. seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has drawn condemnation from Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba.

China, Cuba, the transitioning Venezuelans, and so on, are all in terminal stages; the only question is how long that stage will last. The same could be said of Ethiopia’s government, now in its third stage since the coup of 1974.

That included ending TPS for 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians, as well as limiting protections previously extended to people from Cuba and Syria. Trump also indefinitely suspended the U.S.

Diaz recounted the misery of life under a communist regime and said that, sadly, this "tragedy" continues today in both Cuba and China, where people suffer poor conditions and lack freedom.

"I want the people of Cuba to know that we are watching what is happening in Santiago very closely. We are with you," he asserted.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously said it would terminate the Family Reunification Parole (FRP) program on Jan. 14 for immigrants from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, citing security concerns over

Today, the five communist regimes that still exist—in China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, and Laos—are among the world's worst violators of human rights.

In January 2026, Trump also posted a photo on Truth Social depicting Canada, Greenland, Venezuela, and Cuba as part of the United States. Trump’s latest comments come amid negotiations on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

“The nations that typically serve as China's client states are invariably authoritarian regimes, such as Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea,” he said.

And have recent developments in Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba weakened China? Former National Security Council Chief of Staff Alex Gray joins us to discuss.

It was expanded in January 2023 to include immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua.