News of cuba

How Latin American countries are responding to Cuba's oil crisis

19-02-2026 00:01 US oil embargo on Cuba has drawn varied responses across Latin America, ranging from offers of aid and political support to silence.

GEOPOLITICS

Trump unmasked?

31-01-2026 06:30 The way Donald Trump has stripped himself bare, warts and all, in this first, tumultuous month of the year defies belief.

by David Smith

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina advises against travel to Cuba due to ‘deteriorating conditions’

30-01-2026 18:03 “In view of the deterioration in living conditions in Cuba, Argentine citizens are advised to avoid or postpone tourist travel to the island,” says Foreign Ministry.

US FOREIGN POLICY

Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'

11-01-2026 10:56 US president warns Communist leaders in Cuba that flow of Venezuelan oil and cash will stop; "I strongly suggest they make a deal, before it is too late," declares Trump on social media.

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?

The United States' history of intervening in Latin America

03-01-2026 09:41 A look at the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War.

US ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Venezuela's allies condemn US attack and removal of Maduro

03-01-2026 08:35 Venezuela's neighbours and allies of its President Nicolás Maduro condemn large scale US strike on the South American country and removal of leader.

Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa causes widespread destruction in Caribbean, killing at least 24

30-10-2025 18:16 Hurricane Melissa devastates Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and others, forcing evacuations and international aid assistance as it heads to Bermuda.

GEOPOLITICS IN AMERICAS

'Non-interventionist' Trump flexes muscles in Latin America

30-10-2025 01:08 US president has intervened directly to weaken leftists in Colombia and Brazil, while supporting Argentina. He has also put Washington on a war footing in the Caribbean, raising speculation he will forcefully depose Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

DIPLOMACY

Trump’s new ambassador prepares for imminent arrival in Argentina

12-09-2025 15:25 Peter Lamelas set to arrive in Buenos Aires in coming weeks to take up post as United States ambassador in Argentina. His mission: to support the government of Javier Milei, confront Kirchnerism and strengthen the strategic relationship with Trumpism.

POLITICS IN UNITED STATES

Trump says US will detain 30,000 migrants in Guantánamo

30-01-2025 09:30 US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

NEW ERA IN AMERICA

Trump on Latin America: 'We don’t need them – they need us'

22-01-2025 11:10 US president's remarks indicate his forthright approach to future policy; Trump insists he will regain control of Panama Canal, sends troops to Mexican border, but Marco Rubio’s eye will remain on wider region.

DIPLOMACY

Trump names Peter Lamelas as next US ambassador to Argentina

13-12-2024 14:13 Cuba-born doctor and Republican donor, who recently met President Javier Milei at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, says appointment is “incredible honour.”

GEOPOLITICS

US likely to increase focus on LatAm with Rubio as top diplomat

19-11-2024 12:27 Marco Rubio's appointment as the United States' top diplomat has raised expectations that Washington will place greater emphasis on Latin America moving forward.

POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY

Milei vows purge of ‘traitors’ after vote backing Cuba at UN

04-11-2024 22:16 President Milei lets rip at diplomats, promising to purge Argentina's foreign service of “ traitors to the country.”

EDITORIAL

Another one bites the dust

02-11-2024 06:50 The fiscal and macro-economic stability so obsessively sought by President Milei finds its antithesis in extreme administrative volatility, when political fragmentation could be permitting calmer waters.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

31-10-2024 14:12 Day after sacking of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says "President Milei's position is clear" and that all staff unhappy with Argentina's new direction are free to "withdraw from the government."

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote

30-10-2024 18:11 President Javier Milei sacks Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for backing a UN vote condemning the United States' six-decade trade embargo of Cuba.

AVIATION REFUELLING ROW

Argentine firms refuse to refuel Cuban state airline’s planes

25-04-2024 11:33 Cuba’s state airline announced Wednesday that it had been forced to cancel two flights to Argentina because fuel suppliers refused to supply the planes.