US EditionTrump’s Oil Tariff Push Deepens Cuba’s Agony: ‘I’m Just Doing My Best to Survive’
The U.S. aims to pressure Cuba's Communist government by cutting off oil imports, risking collapse of transportation and basic services with less than three weeks of fuel remaining, experts say.
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Will Trump’s oil push end Cuba’s Communist regime?
American presidents going back to Dwight Eisenhower have tried to dislodge the Communist regime in Cuba, but none succeeded. President Donald Trump thinks he may have found the pathway by cutting off Havana’s access to oil.Last Thursday, the president signed an executive order mandating new tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba during its ongoing energy crisis, said The Associated Press. The Communist government “looks like it’s something t…
Trump Warns Cuba With New Ultimatum
In order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, Cuba needs to strike a deal with the United States ruling class, said President Donald Trump issuing an ultimatum. Things are looking “very bad” for the Caribbean nation now that it has lost access to Venezuelan oil, Trump said. The Financial Times [behind a paywall] claimed earlier that Cuba only has enough oil to last 15 to 20 days at the current level of demand and domestic production. After Attacking …
US pressure on Cuba: what Washington is trying to achieve
The trigger came on January 29, when Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency, establishing a mechanism to impose additional tariffs on imports into the US from countries that sell or supply oil to Cuba, directly or indirectly. Under the order, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is tasked with monitoring implementation and recommending further measures as developments unfold. In the order’s explanatory text, Trump wrote that…
US President Donald Trump has another target: the communist regime in Cuba. In recent weeks, Washington has been putting increasing pressure on Havana. The Trump administration is also trying to completely cut off Cuba from oil supplies. According to some estimates, the regime there has fuel reserves for a maximum of two weeks.
KLARTEXT Trump tries to strangle Cuba SOURCE:@PRESIDENCIACUBA The announcement by the US of a de facto complete embargo on oil is an attempt to suffocate the Cuban revolution for good. For 66 years, the US has occupied Cuba with an economic embargo. Why? Because Cuba has decided not to be a colonial appendage to the most powerful empire in the world. Despite all the challenges, the Cuban revolution has managed to survive and establish an alterna…
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