Why is the US putting pressure on Cuba and what are Trump’s aims?

Trump is putting pressure on Cuba – why and to what end? The relationship between the United States and Cuba – already strained and fragile for decades – has been rapidly deteriorating in recent weeks. Accusing Cuba of posing a national security threat, the US has hit it with an oil blockade, sanctions and now an unprecedented murder indictment against former leader Raúl Castro. Washington is also warning that a peaceful agreement with the Caribbean nation is unlikely, while Cuba says the US is using a “fraudulent case” to justify military intervention. But what is driving the US pressure on…