Cuba on the Brink? Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against the Castro Regime

As tensions between Washington and Havana escalate, The Threat Podcast examines whether the Cuban regime is facing its most dangerous moment in decades.Hosts Jay Solomon and Hagar Chemali sit down with investigative journalist and ADN Cuba founder Gelet Martinez Fragela to unpack the Trump administration’s growing pressure campaign against the Castro government — including new sanctions, espionage concerns, military signaling, and accusations of Cuban involvement in global extremist networks.The conversation explores Cuba’s historic ties to the Soviet Union, Venezuela, Iran, and Palestinian militant groups, as well as allegations of intelligence operations targeting the United States. Fragela also discusses the regime’s influence campaigns, the role of activist networks in the U.S., and what a potential post-Castro transition could look like after nearly 70 years of communist rule.Could the Cuban government actually collapse? Is the U.S. preparing for regime change? And what would the fall of the Castro system mean for Latin America and American national security?This week on The Threat, we go deep inside one of the world’s longest-running authoritarian regimes.