# What the US Would Gain and Risk From a Collapse of Cuba’s Regime

https://mins.news/en/item/21800

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-14 03:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/us-sanctions-on-cuba-could-they-force-regime-change?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a7e8bc7325a7500012a9fdd

> Since US Special Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and Washington attacked Iran the following month, the US has warned that Cuba could be next. Under a US-imposed economic blockade, the island has received almost no fuel in 2026.

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