Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations, blamed the crisis on U.S. policy, calling it a "policy of collective punishment" and saying recent U.S. executive orders have intensified the economic pressure on the island.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described Cuba as both a failed state and an emerging national security challenge for the United States, alleging that the Caribbean nation hosts Chinese and Russian intelligence operations and continues to support activities that undermine pro-American governments in Latin America.

Thousands of claims by American citizens and companies for properties nationalized in Cuba are now worth billions.

The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negotiations in Havana, it is threatening Cuba with military action.

The Trump administration’s efforts to tighten the economic noose on Cuba appear to be working, as more international firms announced they would leave the island.

Tensions are rising between Cuba and the United States, as heightened rhetoric from officials in Washington and Havana shows a potential clash that one historian said could result in long-term diplomatic divisions.

By Dave Sherwood and Kylie Madry June 3 (Reuters) - Cuba will suspend Visa and Mastercard transactions starting June 6, its central bank said on Wednesday, citing sanctions imposed by the United States that in recent days have led a swath of foreign businesses to sever ties with the Caribbean island.

Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.

More recently, the United States has been settling into a pattern similar to that which presaged Operation Absolute Resolve against Maduro. The recent unsealing of an indictment against Raúl Castro and other regime figures over the 1996 shootdown of U.S ...

Russia and the United States have previously had contacts, including on issues related to Cuba. This was announced on June 4 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the heads of international news agencies.

The risks of a Cuban regime-change operation far exceed the potential benefits to US interests in the Caribbean.

I visited Cuba in March. One of my reasons for visiting was a suspicion that United States citizens were not getting the full picture from our own media coverage. It seems ridiculous, but to be informed,