The current political relationship between the U.S. and Cuba has lasted for 60 years

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Washington and Havana are facing sharper confrontation after new U.S. sanctions targeting Cuban officials and military-linked elites, amid accusations of repression and threats to U.S. national security. The dispute is also being fueled by Cuba’s economic and energy crisis, migration pressures, and renewed legal/political pressure over assets seized after the Cuban Revolution.