FREE TO READ] Washington hopes Nicolás Maduro’s capture will hasten the downfall of the ossified communist regime in Havana

Or that the economic pain felt by Cuba will be intense enough that the regime will fall on its own. "To keep the lights on and cars running, Cuba has long been dependent on Venezuelan oil supplies, for which it has exchanged security and medical personnel in a sympathetic contract with leftist allies in Caracas,

Cuba is navigating another delicate moment in its recent history after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces Saturday.

Colombia? The Panama Canal? Havana's communist regime is in his sights, President Donald Trump said Jan. 3. "Cuba is going to be something we'll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation right now,