NYTIMES (Ada Ferrer) - My Father Wrote Letters to the Cuban Government. Here Is Mine.
Please do not take the fact that I am writing this letter to you as a defense of U.S. policy toward Cuba, much less a call for American intervention.
AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Why Trump's Cuba takeover plans could see a Castro return as ruler
President Trump escalated his threats to seize Cuba this week — raising questions about whether he might seek to topple the Communist Caribbean island's leader Miguel Díaz-Canel. The big picture: As Cuba's totalitarian government faces a deepening energy crisis that saw an island-wide blackout amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, Trump told reporters Monday he believes he'll be "having the honor of taking" the island. Context: Cuba's power crisis worsened after the U.S. operation that captured toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, and Trump's administration has threatened tariffs on countries that provide fuel to the island — further tightening supply. - The situation disrupted Cuba's main oil supplier, caused…