Cuba’s communist regime faces growing pressure due to a worsening economic crisis, rising unrest, and additional U.S. sanctions.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials said they see little chance for peaceful change as Cuban regime leaders continue to tighten their grip on power and ignore calls for reform.
President Donald Trump told reporters on May 21 that previous U.S. presidents have attempted to change Cuba’s political and economic system for decades, but that “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”
Trump has repeatedly called Cuba a “failed nation” and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover” of the island….