Trump raises prospect of a 'friendly takeover' of Cuba
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After blocking foreign oil shipments, the Trump administration is now allowing small amounts of oil to enter Cuba — as long as they circumvent government hands.
Michael Ortega Casanova is one of four people who were killed after people aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat allegedly opened fire on Cuba's border patrol.
One of the four people killed by Cuban border troops was a U.S. citizen, it has been revealed.
Cuba’s forces fatally shot four people, one of whom was a US citizen, on a Florida-registered speedboat that was trying to enter Cuban waters Wednesday and “infiltrate” the island, authorities said.
A commando of Cuban exiles who intended to infiltrate Cuba on a speedboat was armed with nearly 13,000 rounds of ammunition, 13 rifles and 11 pistols, Cuban officials said on Friday, providing new details about Wednesday's deadly exchange of gunfire at sea.
Historical conflicts between the US and Cuba span six decades and include Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
HAVANA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Havana residents are pulling old bicycles out of storage, patching up threadbare tires, and, in some cases, learning to cycle as fuel becomes increasingly scarce in Cuba following the U.S. takeover of Venezuela's oil exports.
In a wide-ranging press gaggle, President Donald Trump spoke about the ongoing tensions with Iran and said the U.S. could engage in a "friendly takeover" of Cuba. Trump also lamented that he didn't like seeing former President Bill Clinton deposed in Congress' Jeffrey Epstein investigation.