US EditionTrump Warns Cuba to Cut Deal or Lose Venezuela Oil Access, Jokes About Rubio Running Cuba
- On Jan 11, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Cuba to negotiate with Washington and warned Havana it would lose Venezuelan oil and financial support unless it agreed to U.S. terms.
- Longstanding ties show Cuba relied on Venezuelan oil averaging 27,000 barrels per day, covering roughly 50% of its oil deficit, while Havana provided `Security Services` to Venezuelan governments, a relationship Trump says has ended.
- Trump added in a follow-up post that `THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE` on Truth Social, claiming many Cuban personnel were killed last week.
- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. actions are `an act of state terrorism` and `a shocking violation of the norms of international law`, while analysts warned the loss of Venezuelan oil would devastate power and fuel supplies.
- Following the Jan. 3 operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, observers say the ultimatum signals a revived hardline U.S. approach that could deepen strains in U.S.–Cuba relations.
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By Julia Benbrook and Michael Rios, CNN. US President Donald Trump, in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, increased the pressure on Cuba. He said he “strongly suggests” that the nation make a deal with Washington and that it will no longer receive money from Venezuela’s oil industry. “Cuba lived, for many years, off large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, B…
“Cuba is a free, independent and sovereign country. No one can dictate to us what we should do. Cuba does not attack anyone else, but the United States has been attacking it for 66 years. Cuba is not a threat, it is ready and willing to defend itself to the last drop of its blood,” wrote Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in response to Donald Trump’s previous message. The US president wrote on his Truth Social page that Cuba will no longer recei…
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