CNN International Correspondent & Havana Bureau Chief
Joined December 2008
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Cuba's electrical grid collapses again as it faces an ongoing energy crisis and US blockade on fuel shipments. cnn.it/4f3kFyO
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.@davidfrum is joined by the CNN international correspondent Patrick Oppmann to discuss Donald Trump’s fixation on Cuba—and what happens next.
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Book of the week: 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed. New David Frum Show posts tonight midnight ET (audio) and tomorrow 11 am ET (video). Guest is @CNN_Oppmann , speaking from Havana about crisis in Cuba. Subscribe so you don't miss! youtube.com/watch?v=FjOo4aL5…
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The Foreign Desk: Cubans are facing a nightmarish humanitarian crisis. Driving the emergency is Washington DC, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio has long dreamed of regime change on the island. We head to Havana for the picture on the ground.
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DOJ case against Raúl Castro unsealed. Former Cuban president is charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, destruction of an aircraft and murder. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4eXR1N5
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Cubanos se preparan para una “invasión” mientras EE.UU. intensifica las tensiones con una isla ya golpeada cnn.it/4wwHGSu
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Havana this week aboard a not-very-clandestine airplane emblazoned with the words “United States of America” was deeply shocking for many Cubans, and the clearest sign yet that tensions are reaching critical mass. | Analysis cnn.it/4wpyrDE
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The US Justice Department is working to secure criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro, according to sources familiar with the matter. cnn.it/4nA28hx
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Cuba says CIA Director John Ratcliffe quietly met with officials in Havana, as it deals with an energy sector collapse and rising tensions with the US.
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Cuba’s president says his nation does not want war with the United States, but he vows that, if attacked, Cubans would defeat American forces. cnn.it/4cgiYOn
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Trying to read the traces theguardian.com/world/2026/a…
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"Cubans are the most resilient people on earth and yet they are living in very trying times. If this goes on for too much longer it will edge into that territory of a humanitarian crisis."
@CNN_Oppmann reports from Havana as Cuba's power grid collapses
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CNN's Patrick Oppmann breaks down why President Donald Trump, in an interview with CNN, said Cuba is going to "fall" and wants to make a deal with the United States.
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This week, on the podcast: CNN’s Havana bureau chief,
@CNN_Oppmann, on the U.S. oil blockade, the crisis gripping Cuba, and what might come next for the island.
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Four people in a Florida-registered speedboat were killed by Cuban forces Wednesday morning, Cuba's interior ministry said. cnn.it/4qSzVCB
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For decades Cubans arriving in the US were considered refugees fleeing communism.
As Trump ramps up his immigration crackdown, CNN gets a first look at Cuban deportees as they return to their homeland in shackles.
@CNN_Oppmann reports from Havana
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Sobreviviente de un accidente aéreo en Cuba cuenta su historia siete años después cnn.it/3TD52DS
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Cuba has seen 5+ blackouts and the exodus of up to 20% of its population in the last 5 years. Raul Castro is 93, and Donald Trump is back in the White House. What does it all mean? Our guest is @CNN_Oppmann
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President Donald Trump has ordered the dismantling of the parent agency of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and Televisión Martí, a Reagan-era effort to promote democracy and the free flow of information to Cubans on the island. #Cuba
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ANÁLISIS | ¿Amenaza una "potencia extranjera" al Canal de Panamá? Esto es lo que hay que saber
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