U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 29, 2026,  declaring a national emergency, designating Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States. In the order,

Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the communist-run island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a "sovereign decision" not made under pressure from the United States.

"Pemex makes decisions in the contractual relationship it has with Cuba," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said

As Washington escalates regime-change pressure after the Venezuela raid, Cuba braces for confrontation amid economic collapse, oil shortages, and mass mobilization. Marc Frank Cuba’s top officials are putting on their military uniforms to supervise defense exercises and have fanned out across the country urging local leaders to cut red tape,