AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoTourism Slowdown: Reuters reports foreign visitors are vanishing from Cuba’s once-bustling sites, with Old Havana and major beaches looking unusually empty as U.S. sanctions and the energy crisis bite. Power Crisis & Protest: In Havana’s El Cotorro, residents staged a pots-and-pans protest against the dictatorship during a blackout, while other neighborhoods report long outages and brief returns of electricity. Sanctions & Intervention Talk: Cuba’s top diplomat in Washington says new U.S. sanctions and the Raúl Castro indictment are a “pretext” to push Americans toward military intervention, calling it “a war without bombs.” Humanitarian Aid vs. Fuel Blockade: Mexico and Belize keep sending humanitarian shipments to Cuba, but fuel deliveries remain constrained; the U.S. also announced large aid tied to faith-based distribution. Earthquake Aftershocks: A 4.3 aftershock hit off Cuba’s western coast after a 6.1 quake that shook Florida, with no casualties reported. U.S. Legal Moves: The DOJ seeks to strip citizenship from 17 naturalized people, including a case tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Guantanamo Visit: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to travel to Guantanamo Bay and Tampa as pressure on Cuba continues.
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