Few migrants held at Guantanamo, despite Trump's pledge
A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty.
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A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty.
President Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants facing deportation at Guantanamo Bay. A year later, it's mostly empty. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
Internal government documents and information given to Congress show the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba remains mostly empty a year after President Trump vowed to use it to house thousands of migrants facing deportation. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
For 13 days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the U.S. and the Soviet Union feuded over Soviet missiles stored in Cuba, just off the coast of Florida. Caitlin Huey-Burns introduces a special bulletin that interrupted CBS News Radio's programming.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the end of Operation Epic Fury in Iran at a news conference on Tuesday. CBS News digital reporter Kathryn Watson has the details.
The new measures increase pressure on foreign financial institutions by threatening their access to U.S. markets if they continue to work with Cuban government entities.
The small island nation, 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in American foreign policy for nearly 70 years. As President Trump talks of "taking Cuba," tensions between Washington and Havana have outlived even the late dictator Fidel Castro.
The small island nation of Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in America's foreign policy for close to 70 years. Now, the Trump administration is blocking nearly all oil shipments from reaching the island, worsening its humanitarian crisis, with the president threatening he will be "taking Cuba." Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with history professor Jorge Malagon Marquez about U.S. interventions in the past, and how tensions between Washington and Havana have even outlived the late dictator Fidel Castro.
Maikel Rojas, 45, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October last year after showing up for a routine, court-mandated annual check-in at the Miramar immigration office.
A delegation of senior State Department representatives traveled to Cuba via a U.S. government plane last week, officials said, a diplomatic opening amid intense pressure from the Trump administration.
A 27-year-old Cuban man died in ICE custody in Miami after an apparent suicide attempt, the agency said, adding to a string of recent detainee deaths locally and nationwide.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight back.
The Cuban government says it has pardoned and released 2,010 prisoners, a sweeping move that comes as the island nation grapples with pressure from the Trump administration.
Russia said Thursday it plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba after the U.S. allowed a first shipment earlier this week to pass through its blockade amid an energy crisis on the island. Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
A Russian tanker carrying roughly 700,000 barrels of crude oil arrived in Cuba on Tuesday morning. This is the first significant oil delivery to the island nation in three months. CBS News national correspondent Lilia Luciano has more.
When asked if a New York Times report that the tanker would be allowed to reach Cuba was true, Mr. Trump said: "If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem whether it's Russia or not."
Two sailboats that went missing carrying humanitarian aid from southern Mexico to Cuba landed in Havana on Saturday afternoon.
Cuba has begun restarting its power grid after another nationwide blackout left millions without electricity.
Humanitarian organizations began delivering aid to Cuba by air Friday, including solar panels, food and medicine.
President Trump says Cuba is next after launching operations in both Venezuela and Iran this year. American University professor William LeoGrande joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
As President Trump talks of "taking Cuba," Republican Rep. Carlos Giménez of Florida is pushing for regime change. Giménez joins "The Takeout" to assess the state of the island's government.
Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's Communist government to pull its diplomats from Costa Rica.
Two months after a dramatic operation to seize the now-former leader of Venezuela, President Trump now has his sights on Cuba. CBS News national correspondent Lilia Luciano reports.
Power is being restored to Cuba after a total blackout hit the island earlier in the week. Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who recently introduced a bill to repeal the embargo on Cuba, joins "The Takeout" with his perspective on the Trump administration's approach to the island nation.
The leader of Cuba is vowing to put up "resistance" against the U.S. as President Trump suggests he may "take" the island nation, whose communist government has faced intense U.S. pressure and languished under energy shortages.