Is Cuba next?
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Is Cuba next?

Throughout Cuba, fuel shortages, blackouts, and food scarcity have become the norm. Since the US intervention in Venezuela in January, the oil lifeline into Cuba has all but dried up. Trump is now claiming that Cuba is on the brink of collapse. As the war in Iran rages on unabated – is this American neighbour his next target?


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Guest:

  • Matthew Campbell, foreign features editor, The Sunday Times
  • Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times

Host: Rosie Wright.

Producers: Sophie McNulty & Micaela Arneson.

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Further reading: Cubans await Trump’s next move: ‘Would the Americans bomb us?’

Further listening: Drugs, oil and power: what Trump is doing with Venezuela

Clips: AP, DRM News, News Nation, Onyx Media, Archivo DiFilm, APT.

Photo: Getty Images.

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