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Biography Flash Mark Cuban Eyes Cubas Crisis Could Havana Be His Next Big Business Play

Biography Flash Mark Cuban Eyes Cubas Crisis Could Havana Be His Next Big Business Play

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Mark Cuban has stayed largely out of the spotlight over the past few days amid global tensions, but whispers in Washington circles point to his keen interest in Cuba's unfolding crisis. NBC News Meet the Press on March 22 featured Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío firing back at President Trump's threats of a U.S. takeover of the island, with insiders hinting Cuban might be quietly advising on potential business openings if Díaz-Canel steps aside, as The New York Times reports U.S. officials are pushing for that leadership shakeup to unlock economic deals. No direct quotes from Cuban surfaced, but his history of eyeing Latin American investments fuels speculation he's monitoring Havana's blackout-plagued grid and fuel shortages closely—could this be his next Shark Tank pitch?

On the business front, no fresh Cost Plus Drugs announcements or Dallas Mavericks moves popped up in reliable outlets like Fox News or PBS, though his social media stayed mum since last week, per checks on X and Instagram—no posts, no likes drawing headlines. Publicly, Cuban skipped major appearances; he's not on any March 22-23 talk shows or events listed by major networks. The big geopolitical buzz around Cuba, with Trump musing he could have the honor of taking it, aligns perfectly with Cuban's free-market gospel—imagine him swooping in post-sanctions for pharma or tech ventures, a biographical pivot with real long-term weight.

In the past 24 hours as of early Tuesday, no major headlines name-drop Cuban directly, but the Cuba story simmers, with far-left activists like CodePink catching heat on Fox News March 23 for lounging in 5-star Havana hotels amid blackouts—contrast that with Cuban's pragmatic vibe, and you sense he's plotting bigger plays.

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