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The shift comes as administration officials struggle to convince the Cuban regime to make major economic and political changes. 05/18/2026

[horrible, but informative article]

The Trump administration has been dancing around the question of whether it will carry out military strikes against Cuba. I am told it is increasingly willing to take such a step.

That’s a significant escalation from a few months ago, when officials were primarily focused on using economic and diplomatic pressure to squeeze the communist regime in Havana.

A U.S. official and a person familiar with the administration’s discussions on Cuba told me that President Donald Trump and his aides have grown frustrated that the U.S. pressure campaign, which includes starving the island of fuel, has not led Cuba’s leaders to agree to significant economic and political reforms. So they’re taking the military option more seriously than previously.

“The mood has definitely changed,” said the person familiar with discussions

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In the Canadian version of The Price Is Right, multiple people won trips to Cuba. It was filmed in December but has been airing from March-May. Every segment where someone wins a trip to Cuba is preceded with a disclaimer "these episodes were filmed in advance and may not reflect current travel conditions". I wonder if these people got to go on their trips before things went to hell