{"id":6878,"date":"2026-01-26T00:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:09:53","slug":"trump-administration-cuba-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/trump-administration-cuba-power\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: the Trump administration seeks allies within the Cuban government to change power by the end of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">The administration of Donald Trump is attempting to identify individuals within the Cuban government who would be willing to help broker a deal with Washington and contribute to the removal of the current regime by the end of 2026. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/the-u-s-is-actively-seeking-regime-change-in-cuba-by-the-end-of-the-year-1d0f178a\">reported<\/a> by <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, citing sources. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">According to one of the newspaper\u2019s interlocutors, during meetings with Cuban exiles and civil society organizations in Miami and Washington, representatives of the Trump administration have focused on finding, within Cuba\u2019s current leadership, \u201csomeone who understands where things are headed and is willing to make a deal.\u201d The source claims that it was precisely with the help of such an internal agent that an earlier operation against Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was carried out, an operation that, as the <em>WSJ<\/em> notes, \u201cencouraged\u201d Trump\u2019s team. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Sources cited by <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> say that within the U.S. president\u2019s inner circle, Cuba\u2019s economy is viewed as being close to collapse. According to American officials\u2019 assessments, the Cuban government \u201chas never been as fragile\u201d as it is now, following the loss of Venezuelan oil supplies that for many years formed the backbone of the island\u2019s economy. In Washington, the WSJ reports, there are plans to further weaken the regime by cutting off these supplies.  <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">At the same time, the Trump administration reportedly has no concrete plan to eliminate the Cuban government, the sources say. However, the operation against Maduro is, in their view, seen as a kind of \u201cwarning\u201d to the authorities in Havana. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">In a statement, the U.S. State Department said that, in the interests of America\u2019s national security, Cuba needs to be \u201cgoverned by a competent democratic government and to stop hosting military and intelligence structures of U.S. adversaries on its territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-96x96.png' srcset='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-192x192.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">La R\u00e9daction<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The administration of Donald Trump is attempting to identify individuals within the Cuban government who would be willing&hellip;","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-6878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-geopolitics","7":"tag-articles-en","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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