It’s a matter of time before Cuba’s regime collapses

The American president can likely find people in the Communist nation who are willing to sell out if the price is right, and make a deal that gives him final say but protects their power.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (the American son of Cuban exiles) said that if he were in the Cuban government he’d be ‘concerned,’ and President Donald Trump said Cuba ‘will be falling pretty soon.’White House photograph courtesy Molly Riley

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 19, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—Fidel Castro and his Communist band of brothers have had a good long run in power (67 years), but they have run out of road.

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