Cuba’s power grid collapsed three times in March. No tanker has docked in nearly three months — not because of warships, but because a two-page executive order threatened tariffs on any country that kept selling Cuba oil. No country tested it. In a Manhattan federal courtroom, Nicolás Maduro’s defense attorney told the judge he can’t continue without payment from Venezuela — which Treasury blocked. Meanwhile, the UAE’s ambassador published a public demand: any peace deal with Iran must close the Strait of Hormuz and dismantle its proxy networks. The White House’s stated war objectives don’t include either condition.
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