Cuba`s foreign ministry said on Friday it had issued a verbal warning to the top U.S. diplomat in Havana complaining of behavior it called "intervenionist," the latest escalation as tensions grow between the two long-time foes.

US President Donald Trump has signalled a return to his ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Cuba, prompting a backlash.

The Cuban government summoned the highest diplomatic representative of the United States in the country, Mike Hammer, to protest his "provocative and irresponsible" behavior, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

The congressman described the cooperation between the Cuban and Chinese regimes as “one of the most brazen intelligence operations ever attempted near the U.S. mainland.”

Hammer, a career US diplomat who arrived in Cuba six months ago, has travelled the island widely to meet with political dissidents, raising the ire of the Cuban government, which accuses him of seeking to foment unrest. The US State Department defended Hammer’s actions.

U.S. Head of Mission in Cuba, Mike Hammer, wants to talk to the average Cuban, and six months into the job, he’s made it a mission to visit all of the Cuban provinces.

Mexican state oil company PEMEX increased its crude oil exports to Cuba by 20% in 2024, amid an energy crisis on the island and despite its own financial and operational difficulties. This was revealed in the company’s most recent financial report,

The U.S. has more sanctions in store for Cuba, the U.S. top diplomat in Havana said on Friday, just days after the U.S. punished several Cuban judicial officials for their roles in jailing political dissidents on the island nation.

The State Ethics Commission has entered into a settlement agreement with a northern New Mexico mayor accused of benefitting from a directive that required village-owned vehicles to