As tensions between the US and Cuba rise to the highest levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the mood was grim at a recent staff meeting at the US Embassy in Havana.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declare a national emergency over the Cuban regime’s support for “malign actors adverse to the United States.” The executive order says those actors include Russia,

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order​ that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis.

GOP Reps. Carlos Giménez and Mario Díaz-Balart said it was time to exert more pressure that might bring down the regime.