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Trump news at a glance: US seizure of Venezuela oil tanker an act of ‘maritime terrorism’, says Cuba

Cuban officials denounce the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast. Key US politics stories from 13 December 2025

The Guardian - US

Cuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast as ‘piracy’

Cuban foreign ministry called US military action ‘maritime terrorism’ under a policy of ‘economic suffocation’

The Guardian - US

Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue

The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to further squeeze the economy of President Nicolás Maduro’s country.

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Esta rules, hidden surcharges and World Cup advice: Everything you need to know about US travel in 2026

These are the key factors to consider before a trip to America

The Independent UK

Trump escalates Venezuela standoff with oil tanker seizure

"I told the idiots to seize ships a while ago instead of killing flunkies."

Axios

Cuban Regime Rejects Approaching Trump Admin Over a Venezuela Without Maduro: 'Absurd And False'

Cuba rejected a report claiming that "elements" within the regime approached Trump administration officials to discuss what the region would look like should Nicolas Maduro relinquish power.

Latin Times

Cuban Regime 'Elements' Reportedly Reached Out To Trump Admin To Discuss What Venezuela Would Look Like Without Maduro

"Elements" within the Cuban regime have reached out to the Trump administration to discuss what the region would look like if Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro were to leave power, according to a new report.

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Massive power outage hits Cuba's western region after transmission line fails

A blackout has hit the western half of Cuba, including Havana, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling electric grid

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa: Fuel queues for days, diseases spreading and thousands homeless one month on from devastation

IN FOCUS: ‘It’s like everything was cut with blades,’ says a Red Cross official about the wasteland left in the wake of the ‘storm of the century’. Maira Butt reports on the situation

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa: One month on, thousands are still without water and power

Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter

The Independent UK

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive.

Capital & Main

What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce

Something’s missing from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of “Operation Northwoods.” Something that explains the origins of this menu of false flag operations – pretexts for war with Cuba – drafted by the Pentagon in March 1962.

The Conversation

UN human rights rapporteur calls on United States to lift sanctions on Cuba

A United Nations human rights official is urging the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting the island’s entire population, hitting sectors including health care, nutrition and education

The Independent UK

Brother Wang, a global manhunt and the Chinese-Mexican drug nexus

Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped via a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly Russia but now finds himself on trial in a Brooklyn courtroom

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The Independent UK

Chinese drug trafficking suspect handed to the US by Mexico pleads not guilty in NYC

A Chinese drug trafficking suspect who escaped custody in Mexico only to be recaptured in Cuba has been turned over to the U.S. to face charges he trafficked large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl into the country

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As Trump cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings

Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in late October, killed dozens in Haiti and forced nearly three-quarters of a million Cubans to evacuate. The death toll across the region is still unknown – but Melissa will go down as one of the strongest storms ever recorded.

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How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil fuel projects, airports and even ice cream shops

When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October 2025, it left a trail of destruction. The Category 5 storm damaged buildings in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, snapped power lines and cut off entire neighborhoods from hospitals and aid.

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‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30

Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’

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Latin Times

Trump Officials Reportedly Considering Exiling Maduro And Top Venezuelan Regime Officials In Turkey, Russia

Trump administration officials are reportedly considering exiling Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials in different countries including Turkey, Russia and Cuba

The Guardian - UK

‘The passing car created the perfect, eclectic scene’: Demétrio Jereissati’s best phone picture

Initially drawn by the distinctive architecture, the Brazilian photographer struck lucky on a morning run in Cuba

The Conversation

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as a singular disaster misses the bigger picture: Melissa didn’t hit stable, resilient islands. It hit islands still…

Reason

Don't Send Cubans and Venezuelans Back To Suffer Under Communism

Despite Trump promising to stand "with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," his administration has fast-tracked deportations for victims of communism.

The Conversation

Why hurricanes rarely kill in Cuba

Hours before Hurricane Melissa roared towards Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, the island’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced that 735,000 people had been evacuated – one in every 15 Cubans. The storm had already smashed into Jamaica, the most powerful to ever strike the island, causing landslides, power failures and…

Latin Times

Republican Rep. Slams Mexican Government Over 'Complicity With Cuban Dictatorship': Enough!

Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez slammed the Mexican government over what he described as its "complicity with the Cuban dictatorship."

Latin Times

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Claims That If U.S. Ousts The Maduro Regime, 'It Will Also Be The Freedom Of Cuba And Nicaragua'

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said that if the Trump administration ends up ousting the Maduro regime in Caracas, Cuba and Nicaragua will follow

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