{"id":269,"date":"2026-06-11T05:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:04:51","slug":"is-cuba-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Is Cuba Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has insisted that he will have the \u201chonor of taking Cuba.\u201d Although the administration has not specified what that might mean, following interventions in Venezuela and Iran over the past six months, there is reason to take seriously the possibility of some kind of forceful U.S. action, including military action. Already, a combination of U.S. pressure and the Cuban government\u2019s own failures has resulted in unrelentingly dire conditions on the island\u2014leading many to expect some kind of break before long.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=267\">Silicon Valley\u2019s Bad Bet on the Gulf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, two of the sharpest observers of Cuba and U.S. policy toward Cuba have written essays in <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em> on the choices facing policymakers in both Havana and Washington. Michael Bustamante is chair of Cuba and Cuban-American studies at the University of Miami. And Ricardo Zuniga is a longtime U.S. official who served at the embassy in Havana and helped lead the secret talks that brought the Obama administration\u2019s opening to Cuba. Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with Bustamante and Zuniga on June 8 about what U.S. policymakers could and should do in the coming weeks and months\u2014and what those decisions will mean for Cuba\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=265\">Don\u2019t Give Up on Global Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba\u2019s Only Choice\u201d by Michael J. Bustamante and Ricardo Herrero<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Day After in Cuba\u201d by Ricardo Zuniga<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba on the Brink\u201d by Michael J. Bustamante<\/p>\n<p>This episode of <em>The Foreign Affairs Interview<\/em> was produced by Elise Burr and Kanishk Tharoor, with audio engineering by Christopher Koch and Markus Zakaria and original music by Robin Hilton. Special thanks to Irina Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=263\">The End of the Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Conversation With Michael J. 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