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Cuba

Donald Trump’s push to ‘take’ Cuba

As Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Cuba, the island is facing fuel shortages, economic collapse and mass emigration. Will this mean regime change in the communist country? 

Credits: The New York Times, The New Yorker and WNYC Studios

8 mins • S1, E1326

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