U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) traveled to Cuba with a congressional delegation this week and said the island nation needs help amid soaring temperatures, power outages and a crippling embargo.
Power is slowly being restored in Cuba, which is dealing with its third nationwide blackout in six months.
The ongoing energy crisis has already disrupted transportation and delayed thousands of surgeries.
Cuban lawmakers Thursday adopted nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis aggravated by a U.S. oil blockade.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.
Federal prosecutors in Florida on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago.
The country has been seeing energy issues after the U.S. put an embargo on any oil being sent there, as President Trump calls for regime change.
Humanitarian organizations began delivering aid to Cuba by air Friday, including solar panels, food and medicine.
Chicagoans with the group Levántate Por Cuba are bringing portable solar panels, vitamins, and medicine to Cuba in response to the U.S. oil blockage.
The country's power grid collapsed on Monday, leaving 10 million people without electricity.
It was a rare show of dissent apparently prompted by worsening shortages of food and energy.
The country says its border troops shot and killed four people in a U.S. speedboat after the boat occupants opened fire first. Cuba says they were Cuban nationals living in the U.S., allegedly planning to commit terrorism.
Cuba's coastguard killed four people on a speedboat from Florida who opened fire off the Cuban coast on Wednesday, the interior ministry in Havana said.
Authorities say at least five bodies have been recovered in southwest Jamaica as search and rescue teams work to reach some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. Across the Caribbean, the storm is blamed for at least 28 deaths, although that number is expected to rise.
Zhi Dong Zhang, known as "Brother Wang," escaped house arrest in Mexico in July and has now been transferred into U.S. custody, officials said.
Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.
Rather than arrest demonstrators, authorities chose to send trucks of water to the community to get them to return home.
The humanitarian program allowed over 500,000 migrants from four countries, Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela, to temporarily live and work in the U.S. for two years.
The collapse plunged the island nation of more than 11 million people into total darkness. It's the latest in a series of failures in the country's creaking, soviet-era infrastructure.
The island’s electrical grid collapsed as it was hit by Hurricane Rafael.
The drink originally hails from Cuba. It’s made with white rum, sparkling water, sugar or simple syrup, lime juice, and mint.
A small U.S. Navy Task Force, including ships specifically fitted with sonar for tracking submarines, patrol planes, and sail drones, is shadowing the Russian fleet. They say there is no threat to the U.S.
The Biden administration expects this will be Russia’s largest military exercises in the Caribbean in five years.
The Russian ships include a nuclear-powered submarine and another warship armed with cruise missiles. Cuba says they pose no threat, but the timing is raising concern as tensions rise over the war in Ukraine.
