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Trump’s oil embargo is driving Cuba’s shift to solar energy, with Chinese panels flooding in and households pivoting away from scarce petrol as the embargo reshapes daily life, offering relief but not solving all hardships.
US officials say at least one American citizen was killed and another injured when Cuban border guards intercepted a Florida-registered speedboat off Cuba; four people on the boat were killed and six were wounded in the firefight. Cuba claims the passengers, Cuban nationals in the US, planned an armed infiltration and opened fire first, while the boat owner says it was stolen. An 11th person was reportedly arrested; the US says no American government personnel were involved, and the incident adds to ongoing US-Cuba tensions.
South Florida residents react to a policy allowing Venezuelan oil to be sold to Cuba’s private sector (not the government), a move some see as relief from shortages while others fear the Cuban regime could still benefit. The policy restricts oil sales to the Cuban government or military, but details and enforcement remain unclear, prompting calls for more clarity from local Cuban‑American lawmakers.
Cuban authorities say four people on a Florida-registered speedboat were killed after the vessel entered Cuban waters near Villa Clara; six others were wounded and survivors were taken into custody. The Interior Ministry says those on board were Cuban residents of the US and had planned an infiltration for terrorist purposes, with an arrest linked to the operation. The US is investigating, as the incident amplifies existing Cuba–US tensions amid sanctions and regional strain.
A Florida-registered speedboat carrying 10 Cuban-Americans entered Cuban waters and exchanged fire with a Cuban border patrol, leaving four dead and six wounded; Cuban authorities say the group planned a terrorist attack and possessed weapons, with the wounded and a seventh suspect later arrested on the island. U.S. agencies are reviewing the incident as tensions with Cuba rise. The brother of one victim described his sibling as driven by an obsessive, diabolical bid to free Cuba, highlighting the personal toll behind the incident.
Cuba says its coastguard shot at a US-registered speedboat near Cayo Falcones, killing four and injuring six from a 10-person group; Cuba claims the passengers were armed Cubans in the US plotting infiltration and terrorism, with several detainees held. The United States is conducting its own investigation and says it is not a US-government operation, as tensions with Cuba mount amid fuel shortages and shifting oil-policy dynamics.
Russia’s Kremlin warned that Cuba’s situation is escalating after Cuban border guards killed four exiles and wounded six aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban waters amid heightened tensions with Washington; Havana says the vessel was armed and that four Cuban exiles were killed, with U.S. officials weighing a response after an independent investigation, as Cuba grapples with a fuel shortage and international aid arrives from allies like Mexico.
Cuban soldiers say four people were killed and six wounded aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire first; one Cuban officer was injured. U.S. officials, including Rubio, are gathering information to determine if any victims were American citizens or permanent residents, signaling rising tensions as U.S. policy shifts unfold toward Cuba.
Cuban border troops killed four people and wounded six during a confrontation with a Florida-registered speedboat in Cuban territorial waters, which Cuban authorities labeled an attempted terrorist attack. They said the ten people involved were Cuban nationals living in the United States planning infiltration, and they seized weapons and explosives, signaling heightened security tensions with Washington amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges.
Cuban officials say a Florida-registered speedboat violated territorial waters near the El Pino channel, triggering an armed confrontation with Cuban border guard troops in which four people on the vessel were killed; a Cuban border-guard commander and six people on the U.S. boat were wounded and evacuated. The Cuban statement says the U.S.-registered vessel initiated the firefight. The incident comes amid heightened U.S.-Cuba tensions over oil restrictions, with some private-sector sales allowed recently; U.S. officials had no immediate comment, and Florida officials called for investigations.
Cuban authorities say a Florida-registered speedboat opened fire near Cuban waters and was confronted by coast guard forces, leaving four dead and six injured; the vessel’s occupants fled, the Cuban commander was wounded, and an investigation is underway amid rising U.S.-Cuba tensions.
Cuban border patrol fired on a Florida-registered speedboat offshore Cayo Falcones, Villa Clara, killing four people after the vessel allegedly fired first; six crew members were injured and the identities of those aboard remain unknown as investigators review the incident amid ongoing U.S.-Cuba tensions.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to St. Kitts and Nevis for a CARICOM summit to push regional security, trade and stability as Washington pursues a Monroe Doctrine–style Western Hemisphere strategy, amid talks on Venezuela’s Maduro, Cuba’s humanitarian crisis, and broader shifts in geopolitics, with Rubio set to meet host Terrance Drew and other Caribbean leaders.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to the Caribbean to meet CARICOM leaders in Saint Kitts and Nevis to discuss regional security, migration and drug trafficking, while Washington ramps up pressure on Cuba and seeks to steer Venezuela after recent U.S. actions related to Caracas.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Americans can sue over Cuba’s 1960 expropriations (Havana Docks and ExxonMobil assets) under the Helms-Burton Act’s Title III, a ruling that could affect U.S.-Cuba relations and the use of foreign claims as a policy lever.