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Can Cuba’s Economy Survive Trump?
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Stephen Wicary
@wicary.bsky.social
Bloomberg News regional editor for Latin America, plus occasional Canada stuff. Opinions my own. Get in touch: swicary@bloomberg.net
“There isn’t enough money for the three of us to go.” Cubans have fewer and fewer ways to leave their communist-run island amid Donald Trump’s push to starve it of fuel and isolate it politically 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
As Donald Trump tries to force Cuba into a grand bargain, nearly 6,000 US property claims are emerging as a thorny obstacle to any hope of reviving the island’s crushed economy 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump’s Cuba Squeeze Renews Fight Over $9 Billion Property Claims
Nearly 6,000 cases tied to revolutionary expropriations will be key to the island’s future as the US pushes its 67-year-old regime to the brink.
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With Venezuela primed for an oil boom, the workers who fled decades of repression and economic collapse are now the ideal candidates to help revive the industry. But many won't go. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oil Expats Desperately Needed in Venezuela Don't Want to Go Home
A global diaspora of oil workers holds the key to the country’s recovery, but many still don’t trust the government.
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The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US, increasing Washington’s leverage to bring about political and economic change 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Aims to Steer Cuba Toward Greater Dependence on the US
The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US for supplies, increasing Washington’s leverage to br...
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Just weeks into a US pressure campaign to halt oil shipments to Cuba, a Bloomberg News analysis of satellite imagery finds the level of light at night has dropped as much as 50% across the island, @krishnakarra.bsky.social and I report 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
As Donald Trump tightens his grip on Venezuela, a turnaround in Cuba also seems within reach. But Miami exiles fear the island’s needs are now so staggering that it won't be able to attract the investment required to recover. 🎁🔗: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Miami Elites Who Dream of Rebuilding Cuba Fear It’s Too Far Gone
The regime is so entrenched that the playbook the US used in Venezuela isn't likely to work on the island.
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With Nicolás Maduro removed from power in Venezuela, Cuba is now without its principal global ally as its economy careens deeper into the abyss www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Maduro Ouster Leaves Cuban Regime Without a Benefactor
Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela a...
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As the US threatened Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in recent months, a cadre of oil industry insiders made their case to anyone who would listen: Delcy Rodríguez should fill his shoes www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link, free for a week)
Venezuela’s New Leader Is the Oil Industry’s Long-Time Ally
As the US threatened Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in recent months, a cadre of executives, lawyers and investors tied to the oil industry made their case to anyone who would listen — the Trump admin...
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Obama and Raul Castro announced US-Cuba detente 11 year ago today. Here's a story I wrote from the island at the time: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4e6c084... Coincidence I'm sure, but it's a bit ominous for Trump to be addressing the nation tonight with warships amassed in the Caribbean.
Shift in U.S.-Cuba relations a ‘huge triumph’ for Castro
Former president Fidel Castro always maintained that eventually U.S. policy of isolation would be defeated, University of Havana economist says
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US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move that marks a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🎁🔗
US Seizes Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela
US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that marks a serious escalation of tensions between the t...
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Banks in Argentina saw their worst results since the pandemic amid Javier Milei’s fierce push to tame the currency before midterm elections www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🎁🔗👆
Milei’s Election Battle Leaves Argentina’s Banks at Five-Year Low
Banks in Argentina saw their worst results since the pandemic amid President Javier Milei’s fierce push to tame the currency before midterm elections.
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A resounding win for Javier Milei’s party in midterm elections — with a lifeline from the US — gives new momentum to his quest to overhaul Argentina and break its cycle of debt, default and crisis www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
Milei Wins New Chance, and Tough Challenge, to Remake Argentina
A resounding win for Javier Milei’s party in midterm elections late Sunday — with a lifeline from the US — gave the libertarian president new momentum for his quest to overhaul Argentina and break the...
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Polls have closed in Argentina’s midterm congressional election, which is a “temperature check” of society’s willingness to continue with the policies Javier Milei has pursued since taking office. Follow our live coverage of it all here: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
Updates on Argentina's Midterm Election Results
Argentina Midterm Election 2025: Live Results & News on Milei Presidency
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Javier Milei has hidden his chainsaw from angry Argentines ahead of a crucial election that could sink his presidency and the peso www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (Gift link)
Milei’s Chainsaw Infuriates Voters He Needs to Salvage His Presidency
Spending cuts hit the middle class hard, leaving the libertarian at risk of becoming a lame duck after this weekend’s crucial midterm election.
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Donald Trump suggests the $20 billion lifeline the US is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei’s success in the midterm elections, sending fresh jitters through financial markets www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says ‘We’re Gone’ If Milei Doesn’t Prevail in Midterms
President Donald Trump suggested the $20 billion lifeline the US is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei’s success in the midterm elections, sending fresh jitt...
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Donald Trump is set to formalize a $20 billion lifeline designed to help his Argentine ally win midterm elections. But unforced political errors and a rejuvenated opposition put Javier Milei in a bind before the vote www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
Trump Bets on Argentina Again After First-Term Bailout Blew Up
Back in 2018, Donald Trump wanted to help an old friend. He knew Mauricio Macri from way back in their real estate days, when they’d played golf — likely with little idea they’d end up as presidents o...
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Migrants fearing Donald Trump’s deportations are rushing to send money home, sparking a remittance boom in places like Honduras www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (Gift link)
Trump’s Deportations Are Driving a Remittance Boom in Latin America
Honduras sees transfers jump 25% as migrants, fearing their time in the US will be cut short by the president’s crackdown, bet their money is safer back home.
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Credit card companies won a new and powerful ally in their fight against a competing payment system in Brazil when Donald Trump went on the offensive against the South American country www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
Trump’s Brazil Threats Aid Effort to Hobble Beloved Payment Platform
Trump's trade offensive against Brazil stirs up a global rivalry over payment systems.
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Donald Trump’s treasury secretary pledges to provide “all options for stabilization” to Javier Milei as he works to keep Argentina from falling back into crisis, prompting a rally in the South American country’s assets www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
Bessent Says All Options on Table to Help Milei’s Argentina
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged to provide “all options for stabilization” to President Javier Milei as he works to keep Argentina from falling back into crisis, prompting a rally in the S...
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Newly imposed liquidity measures aimed at containing a nascent peso selloff have put Javier Milei on a collision course with Argentina’s banks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Milei Clashes With Top Banks Amid Argentina’s Liquidity Squeeze
Newly imposed liquidity measures aimed at containing a nascent peso selloff have stoked tensions between Argentine President Javier Milei and the country’s banks, a sector that was largely aligned wit...
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Gustavo Petro’s overhaul of Colombian health care is leaving patients untreated as ERs and maternity wards shut down www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Health Crisis Spirals in Colombia as ERs and Maternity Wards Close
Desperate patients struggle to afford basic care and medicines as Petro pushes for a bigger state role in the Andean nation’s once-robust medical system.
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Mexico's security minister survived a cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and the Trump administration www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Battle-Tested Cop Is Mexico's Hope to Tame Cartels and Placate Trump
Omar García Harfuch survived a harrowing cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and the Trump administration.
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Voters send two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential runoff, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule and likely transforming both the nation’s economic model and its relations with the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Socialist Era Ends in Bolivia as Pro-Business Candidates Triumph
Voters sent two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential election runoff, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule and likely transforming both the nation’s economic model an...
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Argentina’s local debt sale falls short of market expectations as Javier Milei’s administration rolls over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts say may prompt a drop in the peso www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Argentina Faces Massive Debt Rollover Amid Currency Pressures
Argentina’s local debt auction Wednesday fell short of market expectations as President Javier Milei’s administration rolled over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts said may prompt ...
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Colombia’s conservative opposition has been rocked by two major blows, and is failing to capitalize on Gustavo Petro’s missteps in the runup to next year’s presidential election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Colombia’s Opposition Is Hobbled by Senator’s Murder, Leader’s Scandal
After losing its most popular presidential candidate to a shock shooting, Colombia’s conservative opposition is reeling.
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Javier Milei’s reforms have brought stability to Argentina’s chaotic foreign exchange market and praise from investors. But the overhaul is also fueling the worst streak of corporate defaults since the pandemic www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Milei’s FX Reforms Spur Worst Corporate Default Wave Since 2020
Javier Milei’s reforms have brought stability to Argentina’s chaotic foreign exchange market and praise from investors. But the overhaul is also fueling the worst streak of corporate defaults since th...
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The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Alberta Bolsters Canada-Mexico Energy Ties as Trump Upends Trade
The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects.
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The assassination of Miguel Uribe makes it harder for Gustavo Petro to advance his “total peace” initiative, under which Colombia is negotiating with several guerrilla factions and narco gangs simultaneously www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Colombian Senator’s Murder Threatens Petro’s Radical Peace Plan
Miguel Uribe Turbay’s death complicates Colombia’s peace efforts.
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Thanks to a stronger peso under Javier Milei and a love for Lionel Messi, Argentines are flocking to Disney World and Miami even as visitors from Europe and Canada shun the US under Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Messi, Milei and Mickey Mouse Are Driving Argentine Tourists to US
Francisco González Galé didn’t expect to feel so at home when he fulfilled his kids’ wishes earlier this year by traveling to Walt Disney World in Orlando from Buenos Aires. The 46-year-old Argentine ...
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