Russian minister visits Cuba as Trump ramps up pressure on Havana

HAVANA: Russia’s interior minister began a visit to ally Cuba on Tuesday, a show of solidarity after US President Donald Trump warned that the island’s longtime communist government “is ready to fall.” Trump this month warned Havana to “make a deal,” the nature of which he did not divulge, or pay a price similar to Venezuela, whose leader Nicolas Maduro was ousted by US forces in a January 3 bombing raid that killed dozens of people. Venezuela was a key ally of Cuba and a critical supplier of oil and money, which Trump has vowed to cut off.

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