By Ayose Naranjo BAY OF PIGS, Cuba, April 17 (Reuters) - Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed on the island's southern coast on April 17,

Recent reports indicate that the Trump administration might be quietly preparing potential military options against Cuba in the near future. The military action, if conducted, may include a possible abduction operation targeting the Cuban leadership,

Experts don't expect military action soon. But actual regime change is complicated.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has declared that the U.S. has no legitimate grounds to launch a military strike against the island nation or attempt to remove him from power. In an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press,

US officials refuse to engage Cuba’s warning while signaling no shift in military posture, leaving open how Washington would respond if tensions suddenly escalate.

Russia will continue helping fuel-hungry Cuba with crucial supplies of oil, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, two weeks after Moscow sent a tanker with ​around 700,000 barrels of crude to the Caribbean island.

The report, citing two individuals familiar with the directive and another briefed on the matter, said the order originated directly from the White House.

It’s now been nearly two weeks since Cuba announced it would release more than 2,000 prisoners. And as CBS News Miami’s Erika Gonzalez reports, any hopes that the release would include political

By Ayose Naranjo CIENAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, April 14 (Reuters) - The sun is setting in Pálpite, a small town on the edge of Cuba's vast Zapata Swamp, when suddenly the road swarms with activity. But not with the red land crabs that once attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists annually to one of the island's top eco-tourism destinations.