Cuba

• Exclusief: In een door de Guardian ingezien brief waarschuwen 30 congresleden dat een militaire operatie van de Amerikaanse president in Cuba het 'massale lijden' zou verergeren. • Meer dan 30 leden van het Congres hebben topfunctionarissen van Donald Trump opgeroepen om te stoppen met het gebruik van de marinebasis Guantánamo Bay voor de detentie van immigranten en om elke plan voor militaire actie tegen Cuba uit te sluiten. • In de brief aan de secretarissen van Defensie, Staat en Homeland Security van woensdagochtend, die is ingezien door de Guardian, koppelen Democratische wetgevers onder leiding van Delia Ramirez, een vertegenwoordiger uit Illinois, de stijging van de migratie vanuit de eilandnatie aan de toenemende Amerikaanse agressie tegenover Cuba.

• Het Ministerie van Elektronica en Informatie Technologie van India lanceerde op 8 mei 2026 een nieuwe, op AI gerichte startup-incubator onder het GoAI-initiatief van de Indiase overheid, met een aanvankelijk kapitaal van 150 miljoen dollar om AI- en deep-techventures in een vroeg stadium te ondersteunen. • Het programma zal prioriteit geven aan startups die werken aan taal- en domeinspecifieke AI-modellen voor Indiase talen, gezondheidszorg, landbouw en automatisering van de publieke sector, waarbij geselecteerde bedrijven subsidies tot 500.000 dollar ontvangen naast toegang tot een regulatieve sandbox. • Deze stap signaleert een bredere verschuiving in de strategie van New Delhi om te concurreren met private AI-clusters in China en de Verenigde Staten, terwijl de afhankelijkheid van buitenlandse cloudinfrastructuren en grote taalmodellen wordt verminderd.

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...