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Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?

March 24, 2026·44 min·4-min readinterviewpolitics
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President Trump's rhetoric about "taking" Cuba amid the island's severe economic and humanitarian crisis—exacerbated by the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the cutoff of vital fuel shipments—raises urgent questions about U.S. intentions, the viability of regime cha

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John Lee Anderson

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People

John Lee AndersonDonald TrumpMarco RubioNicolás MaduroRaúl CastroMiguel Díaz-Canel

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To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Talibanby John Lee AndersonChe Guevara biographyby John Lee Anderson

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The New Yorker

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Foreign PolicyGeopoliticsPolitical NewsUs Politics

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