Cuba and U.S. Regime‑Change Efforts

At the Shield of the Americas summit in Doral — framed by the White House as a new "Donroe Doctrine" initiative with Kristi Noem as special envoy and a roster of a dozen Latin American and Caribbean leaders attending — Trump vowed to "take care of Cuba" after leaders pressed him, praised Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez for "working with us," and held up the U.S.-backed post‑Maduro transition (alongside eased oil restrictions and pending gold/mineral deals) as a model for future regime change. Concurrently, federal prosecutors in Miami led by U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones have stood up a working group with OFAC and other partners to target economic, drug, violent and immigration‑related crimes tied to Cuban Communist Party leaders.