The latest developments in Cuba

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM EDT

Just days after President Trump said he was going to have the USS Abraham Lincoln stop off the shore of Cuba, Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Roben Farzad, host of the Full Disclosure podcast, about what is next for the nation.

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