Maximum Pressure on Cuba: Analysis with Will Freeman
In this episode of the Council on Foreign Relations' President's Inbox, host Jim Lindsay interviews Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America Studies, about the Trump administration's maximum pressure policy on Cuba. Freeman describes a severe humanitarian crisis on the island, including fuel shortages, electricity blackouts, and visible starvation among the elderly. The administration is seeking regime change through secondary sanctions and a fuel blockade, cutting off Venezuelan and Mexican fuel shipments. President Trump has also threatened military invasion. Freeman notes that the crisis is worse than the post-Soviet collapse of the 1990s, with infrastructure breakdowns and widespread blackouts even in Havana. The episode discusses the goals of U.S. policy and potential outcomes if the regime in Havana changes.
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