President Trump has been openly mulling a takeover of Cuba similar to the operation that toppled Venezuela's Nicolás Madoro. What it would mean for the regime's leaders remains to be seen. Here are some of the figures to watch.

Protests break out in Cuba over power shortages as the U.S. offers millions of dollars in exchange for political reform.

Cuba is running out of time. With petroleum reserves estimated at fewer than 20 days' supply and oil imports at zero for the first time in a decade, the communist island faces its gravest crisis since the Soviet Union's collapse. And the allies it had long ...

Cubans across the island nation—now under intense economic pressure from the Trump administration—are suffering through prolonged blackouts and fuel shortages that affect nearly every aspect of daily life.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Jorge Piñon, an energy researcher at the University of Texas at Austin and a former oil executive, about the energy crisis taking place in Cuba.

Former Obama Official: Cuba Military Now 'Shell' of Cold War Force