The Cuban government has exchanged its fierce rhetoric and vows to resist President Donald Trump's "threats" for a more conciliatory offer to renew cooperation on security matters and maintain a "respectful dialogue" amid increasing diplomatic tensions and several incidents of harassment of U.

President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island.

Sheinbaum acknowledged on Sunday that the supply of oil is a "fundamental" form of humanitarian aid for Cuba, but that Mexico cannot run the risk of having additional tariffs imposed on its exports to the United States.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pressed the U.S. and Cuba to enter “a sincere and effective dialogue” following a recent rough patch in the two countries’ relations. “I have received the greatly troubling news regarding an increase in tensions between Cuba and the United States of America,

As Washington escalates regime-change pressure after the Venezuela raid, Cuba braces for confrontation amid economic collapse, oil shortages, and mass mobilization. Marc Frank Cuba’s top officials are putting on their military uniforms to supervise defense exercises and have fanned out across the country urging local leaders to cut red tape,

Mexico and Cuba share a history as Spanish colonies, but their relationship with one another has had its ups and downs through the years.

As tensions between the US and Cuba rise to the highest levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the mood was grim at a recent staff meeting at the US Embassy in Havana.

In an executive order, the U.S. president has targeted countries that sell or provide oil to the Caribbean island.