Cuba

It's a major source of revenue for the island. And it's controversial. Now countries are sending Cuban doctors home in response to pressure from the Trump administration.

The crisis in Cuba, driven by systemic mismanagement and intensified by a U.S. oil blockade, spurred a group of liberal activists to travel to the country. But some commentators and conservative politicians denounced the trip as performative and said the activists mocked the Cuban people by staying in luxury hotels and traveling in air conditioned buses.

Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba's leadership. He still has two years left in his term —- but some experts and a growing number of Cubans doubt he'll make it. Experts say two Castro cousins have come into focus as potential replacements.

The first ship of an international flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba has arrived in Havana loaded with solar panels, bicycles, food and medicine as the island's economic and energy crises deepen. Some 30 people were aboard the first of three ships expected to arrive in Cuba as the island grapples with severe blackouts, a crumbling power grid and a U.S. energy blockade.

The Cuban government announced that Cuban nationals living abroad can invest in and own private businesses on the island. But it laid bare a reality that many refuse to acknowledge: the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba creates layers of restrictions for Cubans in Florida, even if they were “crazy” enough to want to invest in their nation of birth.

As Cuba grapples with a crumbling power grid and heightened tensions with the Trump administration, Havana’s top diplomat said Sunday that the Cuban military is ready to defend itself against the U.S.

Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.

The rally comes at a time when President Trump and top administration officials have been pressing for dramatic change in Cuba and an end to its communist government.

The government turned down the request as the U.S. State Department has been weighing a reduction in staffing at the embassy in the Cuban capital of Havana because of the lack of diesel.

Groups of people from North America, Latin America and Europe will converge in Havana this Saturday in order to deliver over 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the Cuban people, amid the worsening social and economic crisis gripping the island. Several organizers of the convoy have ties to the Cuban government. But few would argue that the humanitarian situation on the island is not dire.

Officials in Cuba report an islandwide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. The Ministry of Energy and Mines notes a "complete disconnection" of the country's electrical system and says it is investigating.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for "new people in charge" of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months. U.S. President Donald Trump has called Cuba a "very weakened nation."