When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week to meet with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the covert operators involved in the mission to capture Nicolás Maduro, multiple people familiar with the matter said.

The U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba appears to have entered a new phase.

As the U.S. upped pressure on Cuba, charging former President Raúl Castro with murder in connection to a 1996 attack on civilian planes, leaders of the island nation warned citizens to prepare for war.

Blackouts in Cuba have been common for years because the Cuba government has mismanaged and neglected its energy system, historians and foreign policy experts said. The U.S. government’s oil blockade has worsened the situation.

The U.S. government's indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro came as President Trump also hinted at military action. But Trump's interest in Cuba isn't just political -- it's also personal.

The U.S. has indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro. The indictment is tied to the alleged downing of two civilian planes in 1996.

Former President Raúl Castro was last seen surrounded by tens of thousands of people attending a state-organized rally for International Workers’ Day along Havana’s famed seawall. The 94-year-old stood tall and unwavering under a warming sun,

Trump joked about using a U.S. aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, to scare the Cuban regime led by Miguel Díaz-Canel into capitulation.