This week’s edition leads with U.S. pressure on Caribbean nations over Cuban medical programs, as the Bahamas and Guyana suspend and renegotiate their cooperation agreements following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s March visit. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío’s recent statements provide insight into Havana’s perspective on tensions with Washington, diplomat Mike Hammer’s role, and Rubio’s influence on U.S. policy. The Department of Homeland Security’s notification to hundreds of thousands of migrants about the end of their visas under Biden’s parole program highlights ongoing immigration challenges, compounded by reports of poor conditions in detention centers holding Cuban deportees.
Internationally, Deutsche Welle examines the range of European positions on the future of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba, while a separate report details the Cuban government’s multi-million-euro debt to Spanish companies.
This edition concludes with Brazil’s emergence as a growing destination for Cuban migrants amid U.S. border closures, the quiet silencing of ETCSA protesters by Cuban state security, a call by the Conference of Catholic Bishops for structural and political changes on the island, and the story of a Cuban entrepreneur affected by Trump’s visa restrictions.
