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fredag 29 maj 2026
Trump's USA US-Cuba Relations
Analysis: Fewer Cubans May Strike Back Against Trump
The number of Cuban refugees to the US has decreased sharply during Donald Trump's second term as US president, compared to how it was under his predecessor Joe Biden. Cubans who want to leave their homeland are instead choosing to flee to other countries – which could ultimately harm Trump in his fight against the communist regime, analysts Gil Guerra and Diana Roy write in Foreign Policy.
When the refugees end up in places like Brazil and Mexico, opposition to the Cuban regime may decrease in the US, they say. The reason is that the Cuban diaspora in exile, which Guerra and Roy describe as "enduring" and "a powerful factor in American politics", loses strength when the number of refugees decreases.
At the same time, Michael J Bustamante and Richard Herrero write in Foreign Affairs that the communist regime should reach an agreement with the US as soon as possible. Recently, the White House has tightened the screws on Cuba – including by imposing new sanctions on companies doing business with the country and prosecuting the country’s former president Raúl Castro.
But so far, the regime has not agreed to any American demands – including one to cut its security ties with Russia and China. Bustamante and Herrero believe that Cuba’s stubbornness can be partly explained by the internal power struggles that are taking place within the regime’s leadership, where neither side wants to appear weak in the face of the United States.
“But the Cuban people deserve a reasonable future. And the most logical thing the Cuban regime can do is, ironically, to negotiate with the power that is damaging their economy,” they write.
Change of power in Hungary
Hungary receives billions from the EU: “Winds of change”
The winds of change are blowing in Hungary. That is the message given by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference together with the new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar. von der Leyen is so impressed that she is releasing over 100 billion kronor that had previously been frozen.
“It has only been a couple of weeks. But we can feel that the winds of change are blowing strongly in Hungary,” she writes on X.
The money has previously been frozen due to the policies of the former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has been heavily criticized by the EU on several occasions. This has included shortcomings in the rule of law and concerns about corruption.
Hungarian police: No reason to stop Pride
Hungarian police say there are no grounds to ban this year's Pride in Budapest, writes AFP.
The LGBT parade was stopped last year after then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party pushed through a law that allowed such events to be banned to "protect children".
The protests against the decision became the largest Pride parade in Hungary's history, with up to 200,000 participants.
Russian invasion
The world's response
Polish president wants to revoke Zelensky's award
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has chosen to name one of the country's special forces after a nationalist guerrilla army during World War II. Now the decision is receiving strong criticism from Poland, reports AFP.
The reason is that the army, which went by the name of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, murdered up to 100,000 Poles during the war with the aim of creating an "ethnically pure" Ukraine.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki is furious with Zelensky's decision. He now wants to revoke Poland's highest civilian award, the "Order of the White Eagle", which the Ukrainian president was awarded three years ago.
Nobel laureate: Zelensky has insulted me
Former Polish President Lech Walesa writes on Facebook that he "refuses to support" Volodymyr Zelensky. The reason is the Ukrainian president's decision to name a special unit after a guerrilla army that committed ethnic cleansing against Poles during World War II, reports AFP.
"By drawing attention to those bandits, the Ukrainian president has insulted me and all our murdered compatriots. That is why I have removed the Ukrainian flag from my chest," writes Walesa.
As leader of the Polish trade union Solidarity, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. From 1990 to 1995, he was President of Poland.
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Change of power in Hungary
Magyar: Hungary will not send weapons to Ukraine
Hungary will not send any weapons or military equipment to Ukraine, writes the new Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Facebook.
The message was given in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday. Magyar adds that Hungary “will once again be a reliable partner in the world’s most powerful defense alliance”.
Magyar has signaled a more pro-Ukrainian stance than his predecessor Viktor Orbán, who was the EU’s most pro-Kremlin leader and painted Ukraine and President Zelensky as a threat to Hungary.
“Ukraine is the victim and has every right to defend its territorial integrity,” Magyar said last week, according to RBC-Ukraine.
Hungarian voters, however, are skeptical about helping Ukraine. In an opinion poll a few days before the April elections, only one in four said Hungary should support the country economically, writes DW.
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