Eder Peralta

The executive order from President Trump was tacitly targeting Mexico, which has become the number one provider of oil to Cuba.

The Trump administration had already tightened sanctions on Cuba, and it had already forced Venezuela to stop providing oil.

At the same time, Cuban-American members of Congress announced they would ask the White House to suspend flights from the US and block family members from sending remittances.

At the moment, Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in decades.

It no longer has enough fuel for its power plants or even to run its trash trucks.

Cuba says the U.S.

is trying to squeeze its population into a popular rebellion, but President Miguel Diaz-Canel says they are ready to fight.

Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

Cuba says the men were members of its armed forces and intelligence agencies who were killed during what it called combat actions against the U.S.

The remains were returned by plane and carried by an honor guard in small boxes draped with the Cuban flag.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel and former President Raúl Castro stood alongside family members of the dead.

Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, the interior minister, said Cuba does not give up on its ideals.

Cuba does not surrender, he said, even if it means paying a high and painful price to defend its dignity.

Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

Videos posted on social media showed explosions across the capital, Caracas.

In a statement, President Trump said Maduro had been captured along with his wife.

On state television, Venezuela's Vice President Desi Rodriguez said government and military officials had been killed by U.S.

strikes across Venezuela.

She says the government does not know the whereabouts of President Maduro and his wife.

We demand from the government of President Donald Trump a proof of life.