Is Cuba Next? Inside Washington’s Push for Regime Change

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  Hey, what's news listeners?

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  It's Sunday, February 1st.

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  I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's New Sunday,

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  the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.

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  On today's show, after toppling Venezuela's leader,

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  the Trump administration is now seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year.

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  Today,

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  we'll be looking at the dire economic situation Washington believes could drive the island to the breaking point and what else is fueling the thinking in Washington that now is the right time to dislodge a communist government that has weathered decades of external pressure.

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  Let's get right to it.

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  Joining me today

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  as we set our sights on Cuba are a pair of Wall Street Journal reporters fixated on America's power projection abroad on the line from Mexico City is Jose de Cordoba.

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  And with us from Washington DC is Vera Bergengruen.

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  Jose, let me start with you.

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  We have all seen the footage of mid-century cars rolling down the beachfront in Havana,

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