President Trump said a potential military operation in Cuba could play out similarly to the swift capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, citing the island's close proximity compared to Iran.

Cuba is in such dire straits that it is even seeking to transfer the management of the country’s zoos and aquariums to private hands.

Measures are expected to further decentralize Cuba’s state-run economy. Under the island’s current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country’s resources are allocated.

Alina Fernández Revuelta is the child of Cuba’s most infamous dictator and Natalia Revuelta Clews, a socialite who pawned her jewelry to buy arms for the revolution.

Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, widely recognized as "El Cangrejo" or "Raulito," the grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, granted his first

Cuba says its healthcare system is struggling due to a U.S. energy blockade. Surgeries are delayed, and kidney dialysis treatments are disrupted.