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From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kidrow.

This is The Daily.

For more than six decades, the United States has tried and failed to topple the regime in Cuba.

But after ousting Cuba's closest ally, Nicolas Maduro, and pushing the country into dire economic crisis, the Trump administration is closer than ever to forcing radical change on the island.

Today, my colleagues Francis Robles and Michael Crowley on how this latest escalation is pushing Cuba to the brink.

And whether this time, finally, the U.S.

government will get what it wants.

It's Tuesday, February 17th.

Frenchie, it's wonderful to have you here on The Daily.

So I think it's fair to say you are the New York Times' Cuba whisperer.

You've been covering Cuba for how long?

Decades?

Wow.

So you obviously have seen this country go through crisis after crisis in that time.

But I think there is something about this moment that feels different, at least for me looking at what's playing out on the island.

Does that feel right to you?

And what's unsustainable about it?

What are the people that you're talking to saying?

The standoff between the two countries is raising fears over a full-blown humanitarian crisis.