Cuba in February 2026: the most important developments in security
Cuba featured in several security-related developments in February 2026, most of them involving the United States.
The first Cubans deported from the US to Guantánamo were reported on February 14. On February 17, US President Donald Trump said that abducting Cuba's president "wouldn't be very tough".
In the last week of the month, a boat incident in waters near Cuba drew statements from several governments. The US called for an investigation. Russia described the incident as an aggressive provocation by the United States, and a Russian diplomat repeated that assessment. Cuba criticized the US for what it called impunity for suspects in a speedboat attack. A White House statement addressed whether US citizens were involved in the boat shooting.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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