These kinds of intelligence forecasts attempt not only to show the immediate consequences of an American action, but the chain of reactions that may follow.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday said GOP lawmakers are manufacturing a “regime change” in Cuba amid the Trump administration’s oil blockade and charges against former President Raúl Castro.

The resulting fuel crisis has led to major power blackouts and triggered protests in Cuba. President Donald Trump has also put Cuba under significant pressure to "make a deal" and threatened its communist regime that the US could intervene like it did in Venezuela earlier this year when it captured President Nicolás Maduro.

President Trump has been openly mulling a takeover of Cuba similar to the operation that toppled Venezuela's Nicolás Madoro. What it would mean for the regime's leaders remains to be seen. Here are some of the figures to watch.

The U.S. indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is pushing U.S. relations with the communist-run island to the foreground.

United Cajun Navy Vice President Brian Trascher joins NewsNation to discuss what the organization has been doing to help citizens in Havana, Cuba, during its current power outages and other shortages.

That day, the Cuban flag flew on its own—without the U.S. flag alongside it—as had been the case up to that point after Spain’s withdrawal.

Cuba's independence on May 20, 1902, isn't celebrated by its socialist government. The date is linked to the Platt Agreement, which allowed U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs.