Cuba

Esclusivo: In una lettera vista dal Guardian, 30 membri del Congresso avvertono che l'operazione militare del presidente degli Stati Uniti a Cuba peggiorerebbe la 'sofferenza di massa' Politica USA in diretta – ultimi aggiornamenti Più di 30 membri del Congresso hanno sollecitato i principali funzionari di Donald Trump a porre fine all'uso della base navale di Guantánamo Bay per la detenzione degli immigrati e a escludere qualsiasi piano di azione militare a Cuba. Nella lettera inviata mercoledì mattina ai segretari della Difesa, di Stato e della Sicurezza Interna, visionata dal Guardian, i legislatori democratici guidati da Delia Ramirez, rappresentante dell'Illinois, hanno collegato l'aumento della migrazione dalla nazione insulare all'inasprimento dell'aggressione statunitense verso Cuba. Continua a leggere...

• Il Ministero dell'Elettronica e della Tecnologia dell'Informazione dell'India ha lanciato l'8 maggio 2026 un nuovo incubatore di startup focalizzato sull'IA nell'ambito dell'iniziativa GoAI del Governo dell'India, con un capitale iniziale di 150 milioni di dollari per supportare imprese di deep-tech e IA in fase iniziale. • Il programma darà priorità alle startup che lavorano su modelli di IA specifici per dominio e per le lingue indiane, sanità, agricoltura e automazione del settore pubblico; le aziende selezionate riceveranno sovvenzioni fino a 500.000 dollari e l'accesso a regulatory sandbox. • La mossa segnala un cambiamento più ampio nella strategia di New Delhi per competere con i cluster di IA del settore privato in Cina e negli Stati Uniti, riducendo al contempo la dipendenza dalle infrastrutture cloud straniere e dai large language models.

The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism effortsThe Trump administration has accused Europe of being an “incubator” for terrorism fuelled by mass migration, in a new counter-terrorism strategy unveiled on Wednesday.The strategy also focuses on rooting out “violent left-wing extremists” including “radically pro-transgender” groups, as Trump’s conservative administration steps up its political attacks on opponents. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump signed a comprehensive executive order significantly expanding U.S. sanctions against Cuba, targeting individuals, entities, and sectors linked to the Cuban government. • The new measures focus on key economic areas including energy, defense, financial services, and security sectors, with secondary sanctions allowed on foreign entities conducting business with targeted Cuban organizations. • The escalation reflects Trump's intensified pressure campaign against the Cuban government and signals broader shifts in U.S. foreign policy toward adversarial regimes.

The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and miningCuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”.In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he would impose sanctions on people involved in broad sections of the Cuban economy, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year. Continue reading...

• President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order imposing targeted sanctions on several Cuban regime officials and entities the administration alleges have supported repression and human‑rights abuses. • The White House says the action sends a message of solidarity with Cuban dissidents and complements broader efforts to pressure authoritarian regimes in Latin America. • Critics in Congress, including some Democrats and even a few Republicans, argue the move could backfire by tightening U.S. leverage ahead of upcoming negotiations on migration and regional security.

Denny Adán González, 33, whose death is being investigated as suicide, is 18th person to die in ICE custody this yearA Cuban immigrant died inside an immigration detention center in Georgia earlier this week, according to a congressional notification sent on Friday and reviewed by the Guardian.The Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Denny Adán González, died inside the privately run Stewart detention center. His death is being investigated as a suicide. Continue reading...