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US-Cuba Talks Underway As Protests Erupt

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Above: This combination of pictures created on January 11, 2026, shows Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, DC on Jan. 9, 2026 Image credit: Pablo Porciuncula and Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 10 percent chance that Cuba will experience a successful coup d'etat before 2040, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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