Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE)

ACERE commends the Biden administration for its decision to remove Cuba from the @StateDept's list of state sponsors of terrorism, as well to de-activate Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and eliminate the State Department’s Cuba restricted entities lists acere.org/biden-ssot-rem…

@NBCNews @NBCNews fact check: correspondent George Solis "is the first journalist given access to a hospital in Cuba by the government in more than a decade." Belly of the Beast has been reporting from hospitals for years, including this half-hour documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=2nZv-z…

"According to international law, any naval operation seen as punishing civilians is considered an illegal act of aggression outside wartime."apnews.com/article/cuba-t…

More than half of Americans oppose US military force for Cuban regime change: Poll thehill.com/policy/defense…

By blocking power to Cuba’s hospitals, the United States is guilty of committing a serious human rights abuse. Under Donald Trump’s leadership, America is becoming an international pariah. Diplomacy and engagement should be our strategy. NOT a blockade.

“An economic deal is within the realm of possibility…but allowing the United States to dictate the shape of Cuba’s political future is almost certainly a bridge too far for Havana,” @WMLeoGrande and @peterkornbluh argue in @ForeignPolicy. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/17/the…

(Reuters) - Cuba has reconnected its electrical grid across much of the island, the Energy and Mines Ministry said early on Tuesday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against the communist-run island, saying he could do anything he wanted with Cuba. Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday, leaving about 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system. Energy officials said they had reconnected the grid from westernmost Pinar del Rio province to Holguin, near the eastern tip of the island. Santiago de Cuba, the country's second-largest city, remained offline, the reports said. Electricity generation, hampered by fuel shortages and antiquated power plants, remains sharply depressed across the island despite grid recovery efforts, providing scarce relief for Cubans already exhausted from months of blackouts. Most Cubans, including those in the capital Havana, were seeing 16 or more hours of blackout daily even before the latest grid collapse, testing the patience of residents accustomed to hardship. "It affects every aspect of our lives," said Havana resident Carlos Montes de Oca, who said the outages had thrown simple necessities such as food and water supply into disarray. "All we can do is sit, wait, read a book... otherwise the stress gets to you."

"Cubans are the most resilient people on earth and yet they are living in very trying times. If this goes on for too much longer it will edge into that territory of a humanitarian crisis." @CNN_Oppmann reports from Havana as Cuba's power grid collapses cnn.it/47DKyCh

“We understand what this oil embargo means, and [what] sanctions have always meant. This is regime change through starvation.” democracynow.org/2026/3/17/cuba…

It’s sickening that Trump seems to relish causing suffering and death in other countries, from Venezuela to Iran to Cuba. Our 60+ year embargo of Cuba is a disaster. It serves no purpose but to exploit everyday Cubans and use them, politically, in the most cruel, inhumane way.

Cuba has gone dark. Trump’s vindictive oil embargo – along with a sanctions regime that has starved Cuba of opportunities to develop its solar and wind – is depriving innocent Cuban citizens of basic necessities and creating a humanitarian crisis. Trump must end the embargo.

Havana will allow Cubans abroad to own businesses on the island, trade minister says miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

NEW: @SenTimKaine @SenAdamSchiff & @SenRubenGallego introduced a War Powers Resolution to ensure any US participation in hostilities against Cuba is explicitly authorized by Congress. The resolution is privileged & may be called up for a vote after 10 days.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases…

After Cuba released 51 prisoners & confirmed talks with the Trump administration, “for now, a Vatican-led mediation may be the best off-ramp for both governments to resolve their differences while keeping the well-being of the Cuban people front and center”responsiblestatecraft.org/us-cuba-talks/

Breaking News: Cuba’s president, facing an energy crisis and protests, said that his government was in talks with the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4bov06I

#ÚLTIMAHORA | El Gobierno de Cuba anuncia la excarcelación de 51 presos tras un acuerdo con el Vaticano

“Rather than threatening a takeover, the United States should negotiate a solution with #Cuba which above all else puts U.S. national interests and the needs and aspirations of the Cuban people first,” @SenPeterWelch said today on the @SenateFloor.

Just in: The Cuban government to release 51 prisoners at the request of the Vatican. cubaminrex.cu/es/comunicado-…

"An agreement could include a relaxation on Americans' ability to travel to Havana, an offramp for President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Castro family remaining on the island and deals on ports, energy & tourism. The U.S. government has floated dropping some sanctions." @fran_chambers

"If the admin does in fact seek charges against Cuba’s leaders to facilitate a snatch-and-grab operation inside Cuba like that against Maduro, it would be an extraordinary use of the criminal justice system to advance the White House’s geopolitical agenda."nytimes.com/2026/03/06/us/…

"The Cuba prosecution effort could follow parts of the model the administration used to remove Maduro from power in Venezuela...In January, the administration launched an attack on Venezuela, capturing Maduro and bringing him to New York to face charges."washingtonpost.com/national-secur…