Russia will continue helping fuel-hungry Cuba with crucial supplies of oil, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, two weeks after Moscow sent a tanker with ​around 700,000 barrels of crude to the Caribbean island.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed the need for dialogue but said Cuba is prepared to defend itself.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has declared that the U.S. has no legitimate grounds to launch a military strike against the island nation or attempt to remove him from power. In an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press,

Experts don't expect military action soon. But actual regime change is complicated.

By Ayose Naranjo CIENAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, April 14 (Reuters) - The sun is setting in Pálpite, a small town on the edge of Cuba's vast Zapata Swamp, when suddenly the road swarms with activity. But not with the red land crabs that once attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists annually to one of the island's top eco-tourism destinations.

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. has no valid reason to attack the island or to try to depose him.

A Catholic Church leader warns Cuba is near humanitarian collapse as Trump sanctions and fuel shortages choke aid delivery.

There is no organized opposition on the island because many critics of the regime have fled. But anti-government protests have been growing.

In his first interview with a U.S. broadcast network, Miguel Díaz-Canel told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that in Cuba, leaders aren't "elected" by the U.S.