CIA Director Visits Cuba
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Protests have broken out in Havana as Cuba deals with it's worst rolling blackouts in decades.
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged Washington to end its embargo instead of offering aid as the country's power blackouts worsened on Thursday, with the country's energy minister saying that
The intensified blackouts caused by the U.S. fuel blockade have periodically sparked protests in Cuba since early 2026.
The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. on Thursday confirmed the U.S. formally offered $100 million in aid, but said it "remains unclear whether this aid will be in the form of cash or in-kind assistance, and whether it will be directed toward the people's most urgent needs at this time, such as fuel, food, and medicine."