# The Cuban man-made crisis: will the US’s maximum-pressure campaign topple Havana’s government?

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 23 May 2026, 38 min.

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Cubans are facing a nightmarish humanitarian crisis – and Washington is piling on the pressure. US secretary of state Marco Rubio has long dreamed of regime change on the island. But will it happen? We head to Havana for the picture on the ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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