Trump Administration Nears Uruguay Deal for Cuban Deportees as U.S. Pressure Deepens on 1 Island
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 29
Trump Administration Nears Uruguay Deal for Cuban Deportees as U.S. Pressure Deepens on 1 Island
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 29
Summary
Uruguay is close to becoming a new destination for Cuban deportees as U.S. officials press ahead with a broader campaign that has already expelled thousands of Cubans.
Months of talks between the State Department and Uruguay’s foreign ministry advanced the proposal, with Montevideo weighing labor needs and the political benefit of goodwill with the Trump administration.
The emerging arrangement would add to U.S. removals of Cubans to Mexico, African countries and Cuba itself as Washington searches for governments willing to receive them.
At the same time, the administration has tightened pressure on Cuba by blocking oil shipments, worsening conditions on an island already strained by long-running U.S. sanctions and authoritarian misrule.