After Venezuela attack, Cuba watches the U.S. warily

Cubans attends a rally in Havana, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity with Venezuela after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela.

With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.

(Image credit: Ramon Espinosa)